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I'm bad at tooting my own horn. I don't like to toot it and don't toot it very often and if I do it's not very loud and I tend to get overlooked or overheard anyway. It's a lot of energy and struggle for not much in return after all. I learned from a very early age on that it is a bad thing to do. I was brought up not to be vain at all but very humble, stay in the background and always think of others first. I don't like standing in the spotlight either. It's not in my character and makes me very uncomfortable. I tried my best to leave my comfort zone and nest (isn't that what one is supposed to do?!) and to work against my nature but of course it didn't work and just made me all the more uncomfortable and made for a whole ton of disappointments along the way. And then tooting your own horn online is a different art altogether and one that doesn't carry one's nature/charisma/energy very well nor far.
So I decided to stop all this exhausting struggling and go with the flow and be at ease with everything. After all I have to stay true to myself. I just have to find my way, the way that works for me. It will be the path that will be filled with ease and the least resistance in my path and inside myself.

As far as tooting my horn goes? I don't think a horn is my instrument of choice. Maybe it is more of a happy chirping that you can see here.   ;-)