{"id":1237,"date":"2022-03-14T05:44:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T05:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/premdm\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2022-03-14T07:04:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T07:04:53","slug":"are-you-too-hard-on-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/2022\/03\/14\/are-you-too-hard-on-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you too hard on yourself?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><strong><em>Written by <strong>Cassie<\/strong>, 2021 Cohort<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/pexels-pixabay-261909.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/pexels-pixabay-261909.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/pexels-pixabay-261909-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I still remember when I was in primary school. If I didn&#8217;t study in the evening, I would feel guilty. The reason was that I was constantly compared with other kids by parents and teachers. By doing that, they gave me enormous insecurity and pressure. But think about it: I was just a child. I already went to school during the morning and afternoon. And in the evening, I couldn&#8217;t even play without feeling guilty. Besides, I was constantly pushed to be excellent. Parents and teachers said only the students with the best academic performance were deserving of praise. However, I was rarely encouraged to see mistakes as part of the learning process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing up, I always felt guilty if I am not pushing myself enough or not working hard enough. I sometimes criticized myself too strongly for mistakes. Therefore, I gradually became too scared to try anything new. And now in pre-MDM, I realize that life is not always a competition. It&#8217;s about being a better self. Because someone else is doing better, it doesn&#8217;t mean I am doing worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We don&#8217;t need to push ourselves too much since everything works in balance. The stress will push back later. My friends, please be kind, be cool, be you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Cassie, 2021 Cohort<br \/>\nI still remember when I was in primary school. If I didn&#8217;t study in the evening, I would feel guilty.  &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/2022\/03\/14\/are-you-too-hard-on-yourself\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Are you too hard on yourself?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[5,74,3,66],"class_list":["post-1237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opening-up","tag-centre-for-digital-media","tag-mdm","tag-premdm","tag-psychology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1239,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions\/1239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}