At 6, I wore my tutu to Swan Lake, certain I'd perform it someday

At 6, I wore my tutu to Swan Lake, certain I'd perform it someday.

At 41, I need 3 people to validate an idea before I start.

What happened???

When we're kids:

Dream → Believe → Act

When we're adults:

Dream → Need proof → Need permission → Need more proof → Maybe act → Usually don't

My 6-year-old logic was simple.

I'm going to be a ballerina.

Ballerinas wear tutus.

So I'm wearing my tutu to the ballet.

Here's what I knew at 6 that I keep forgetting at 41:

Belief isn't earned.

It's chosen.

You don't become confident AFTER you succeed.

You succeed because you CHOSE to be confident first.

I never became a prima ballerina.

But that little girl still had it right:

The world needs more of us to put our tutus back on!!