One I used for many years was simply, "I am the master." I needed to overcome the emotional legacy of an autistic childhood, in which it very often seemed that I couldn't do anything at all to the satisfaction of other people; the idea of being a master, in the sense of a master craftsman or a master of a martial art, helped with that, and gave me the confidence I needed to master the things that mattered to me.
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Date: 2025-03-31 09:22 pm (UTC)One I used for many years was simply, "I am the master." I needed to overcome the emotional legacy of an autistic childhood, in which it very often seemed that I couldn't do anything at all to the satisfaction of other people; the idea of being a master, in the sense of a master craftsman or a master of a martial art, helped with that, and gave me the confidence I needed to master the things that mattered to me.