The question is not “What do you do when no one is looking?”
The question is “What do you do when you are the only one who is looking?”
What do you do when you are the only one who sees you?
What do you do when the only source of feedback is yourself?
We can be our harshest critics.
I try to be conscious of the way I talk to myself. Voicing positive thoughts out loud helps me shift the quiet and persistent inner critical thoughts. When no one is looking, it is these inner thoughts that come to the surface and they are the most important thing for us to manage in order to be truly content.
