Judith Martinez

That moment you hear @entrepreneur wrote about you. ⁠
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I used to really hate uncertainty. If uncertainty were a person, they’d be someone I avoided at all costs, roll my eyes at every time they would try to teach me a lesson, and would want nothing to do with — let alone become friends. As a recovering perfectionist, uncertainty was the enemy. And on my most self-critical days, uncertainty could be seen as a mark of failure. I used to take so much pride in “knowing”. Knowing my 10 year plan. Knowing law school was the end game. Knowing when I wanted to settle down. Knowing success meant X amount of money by X. It was all about knowing. Down to the detail. Knowing meant power, success, and control. After all, I grew up hearing “knowledge is power.” But life doesn’t always play out like slogans, does it?⁠
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So then Life does it’s thing and throws you curve balls from every angle (or you choose to be courageous and throw curve balls of your own). Then uncertainty is no longer this thing you can avoid. It’s suddenly everywhere. That was me. And somewhere along the way, I realized uncertainty was no longer this terrible, terrifying, thing; it was actually a catalyst for so many beautiful, life altering, “pinch-me-is-this-even-real?” moments. When nothing is certain, isn’t anything possible? And when anything is possible...well, you can decide how you want things to go. ⁠
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What if uncertainty wasn’t this thing that needed to change, but rather it was our relationship to uncertainty that did? I don’t know. But I’ve learned it’s really hard to discover anything when I “know” everything. Where’s the fun in that?⁠

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Learning with you,⁠
xx Judith