Memoirs of a self-loathing fool, part 5 — London, 2018 On Tuesday morning I woke up absolutely terrified. I was consumed by self doubt, and convinced that I would fail. Somehow my mind had thrown up the conclusion that I was destined to fall short of all my obligations and desires. It kept telling me “You’re done for…

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Memoirs of a self-loathing fool, part 4. London 2018 Why is it that I sometimes feel so confident, so sure of myself, and other times I feel completely helpless? Where does confidence come from? When is it wrong to be confident? I was stuck in traffic this evening. Fortunately, my…

Memoirs of a self-loathing fool. Part 3. — London, 2018 Have you ever wished you were somebody different? I have, and I’m sure it’s not just a wish harbored by fools. I think a lot of much smarter people want to be someone else too. When I imagine what it would actually be like to be the person…

Memoirs of a self-loathing fool. Part 2. This is the second instalment in my series, Memoirs of self-loathing fool. I rediscovered the manuscript recently in a notebook I’d kept in 2018. My thirties were drawing to a close. I’d made enough bad decisions and taken enough wrong turns to flush…