How To Seem Like You Know What You’re Doing
It’s time to fake it till we make it
You hate it. You hate this new situation. You hate being stuck at home, you hate that your vacation was canceled, and you hate that you don’t know what to do about either one.
Most of all, you hate that everyone else can see it on your face. You don’t want to seem weak. You want to seem confident. Calm. Composed. You want to look like you know what you’re doing, like that one guy at the grocery store who somehow still manages to whistle as he swipes yet another can of disinfectant into his cart.
Here’s the thing: Inside, that guy is screaming. He too has no idea what’s gonna happen. He’s scared for his family, worried about his job, and pissed that his flight to Cancun didn’t get refunded. But this morning, he got out of bed, put on some pants, and went grocery shopping — and he decided to fucking whistle while he did it. Because why not? Because, right now, what else are we gonna do?
That’s the truth about having your shit together: No one always does, but how we choose to behave when we don’t most reveals how mature we really are.
Practicing a certain level of baseline composure is a bit like showing good manners: Maybe no one taught you as a child, but you can still learn to do it now. You don’t have to…
