All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
I used to wait tables at Pizza Hut (yes they had dine in, and yes they had waiters/waitresses, crazy right?) and I often thought about how I felt like there were parallels with what I did to acting. The goal being to take my customers out of the every day, and create a space where they don't have to worry or think about anything but enjoying themselves at the meal. You ask how they are doing, perhaps you truly deeply cared what they said....but if you didn't, you acted like you did.
Now I do work in tech, and many times I feel like I don't fit in, people think I know things that I don't, that I'm an expert in some things that I'm not. There is of course the phrase fake it till you make it, which gives me similar vibes to the above. Sometimes you have someone that really is truly and deeply an expert in things, but often, we are just people who have had some experiences in a topic and that's all people need. Sometimes you just have to get outside your own brain and just act like you know what the heck you're doing....and do it.
I've done this a lot in the past, and it's worked out well, lately it's been feeling like, why are people coming to me, I'm not an expert.....but I guess maybe I am in some ways that I just can't and won't acknowledge. Time to step out of that mindset and own what I am and do and am capable of.
