My Inner War

I'm gonna ramble for a little bit on this inner war I've been having for the past few weeks, so bear with me! As you may already know, I dabble in photography as a hobby and hopefully as my profession one day! But as of lately I've been doubting my abilities. I found this quote on Facebook the other day and it totally explains how I'm feeling right now! 

"When I look at my own work, there are 2 voices that I hear: 

The insecure one says "you suck and you're unoriginal. Anyone can do this." 

The confident one says "See? You've done it before. You can do it again." 

This tension has always existed."

When I think about my future, I think can I really do this and be successful at it? When I tell people what I want to be they just look at me like "Really? That's it? Not a doctor or a teacher?" And that just totally sucks the confidence right out of me. I've always had this issue of doubting myself and wondering if I am good enough and so when I get treated like that it just adds on insecurities. But then... I go through the pictures I've taken and that's when 'the confident one' steps in. I am impressed that I can create something of such beauty with the use of a camera. They give me that confidence again that maybe, just maybe one day I'll be a success at it and people will want to hire me for my abilities. So for now I'll just keep waging the war! 

Here's some of the pics I've taken...