>Kendrick insists, however, that any displays of directorial confidence were at least partly an act. ***“On the one hand, I think [my] imposter syndrome is too pronounced,”*** she says. ***“On the other hand, I’d be a little worried if, directing my first movie, I had none. That would be a little batshit.”*** What helped her push past her doubts was a lesson she learned after struggling with imposter syndrome during the early years of her acting career: Just keep showing up.
>***“You know, sometimes I think that the general advice whenever we have any issue — whether it’s imposter syndrome or just generally any insecurity — is to kind of therapy ourselves out of it,”*** she says. ***“That has its place, but sometimes I think it might be as simple as continued experience. Because with acting, I couldn’t tell you exactly when, but I remember kind of looking around at some point and going, Oh yeah, I’m really operating from a platform of confidence. And that wasn’t because I listened to a self-help tape about it. It was just starting to experience myself as someone who knew what she was doing.”***
Also, I forgot I’m, like, a whole decade younger than she is because the article mentioned that she’s turning 40 next August and even though I also had a freak-out moment over the specific milestone I’m gonna go thru that same year, I did like what she said about this topic!
>With Woman of the Hour about to drop on Netflix, Kendrick admits she’s been hounded with questions about what comes next for her — and that she doesn’t really have an answer.
>Next August, she will turn 40, and while that’s an age at which many people start to panic about everything they haven’t yet crossed off their life checklist, Kendrick says the pending midlife milestone is having the opposite effect on her. Whether talking about her interest in having a long-term partner or her next acting project, Kendrick says, ***“I’m in more of a, ‘What happens, happens,’ place — about most things right now, I guess. I haven’t really had the luxury of a five-year plan ever in my life. But I also confess that there’s something about the idea of*** [***perpetual growth***](https://www.theflowspace.com/lists/soft-life-books-for-burnout/) ***that bothers me, because no one means personal growth. They mean success, achievement, accolades.”***
>And while Kendrick admits those have been driving factors for her throughout most of her life, she is hoping that entering a new decade will help shift her perspective. ***“I’m worried that I’m coming across as though I’m trying to sound really enlightened,” she says, “and I guess it’s more that I’m talking to myself and my own habit of getting back on the hamster wheel and then wondering why it’s not making me happy.”***
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Why the fuck do we have to keep having these conversations in the Year of Our Lord, 2024?!? Women have value beyond being incubators, full stop. If someone doesn’t want children, that should be their decision and their business. No one should have to explain their choices.
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> “And I always want to kind of say something, and then I’m just like, ‘Well, I’m the childless cat lady. I’m not gonna say s—.’”
> She also shared with the outlet that after getting a pet cat, she thought to herself, “Why would anyone trust me with a kid?”
Being a childless cat lady is purrfect!
Not everyone wants children
I really recommend reading [the interview](https://www.theflowspace.com/interpersonal-health/self/anna-kendrick-imposter-syndrome-2954462/) this article is talking about! It goes more into detail about her struggle with imposter syndrome and getting into directing.
>Kendrick insists, however, that any displays of directorial confidence were at least partly an act. ***“On the one hand, I think [my] imposter syndrome is too pronounced,”*** she says. ***“On the other hand, I’d be a little worried if, directing my first movie, I had none. That would be a little batshit.”*** What helped her push past her doubts was a lesson she learned after struggling with imposter syndrome during the early years of her acting career: Just keep showing up.
>***“You know, sometimes I think that the general advice whenever we have any issue — whether it’s imposter syndrome or just generally any insecurity — is to kind of therapy ourselves out of it,”*** she says. ***“That has its place, but sometimes I think it might be as simple as continued experience. Because with acting, I couldn’t tell you exactly when, but I remember kind of looking around at some point and going, Oh yeah, I’m really operating from a platform of confidence. And that wasn’t because I listened to a self-help tape about it. It was just starting to experience myself as someone who knew what she was doing.”***
Also, I forgot I’m, like, a whole decade younger than she is because the article mentioned that she’s turning 40 next August and even though I also had a freak-out moment over the specific milestone I’m gonna go thru that same year, I did like what she said about this topic!
>With Woman of the Hour about to drop on Netflix, Kendrick admits she’s been hounded with questions about what comes next for her — and that she doesn’t really have an answer.
>Next August, she will turn 40, and while that’s an age at which many people start to panic about everything they haven’t yet crossed off their life checklist, Kendrick says the pending midlife milestone is having the opposite effect on her. Whether talking about her interest in having a long-term partner or her next acting project, Kendrick says, ***“I’m in more of a, ‘What happens, happens,’ place — about most things right now, I guess. I haven’t really had the luxury of a five-year plan ever in my life. But I also confess that there’s something about the idea of*** [***perpetual growth***](https://www.theflowspace.com/lists/soft-life-books-for-burnout/) ***that bothers me, because no one means personal growth. They mean success, achievement, accolades.”***
>And while Kendrick admits those have been driving factors for her throughout most of her life, she is hoping that entering a new decade will help shift her perspective. ***“I’m worried that I’m coming across as though I’m trying to sound really enlightened,” she says, “and I guess it’s more that I’m talking to myself and my own habit of getting back on the hamster wheel and then wondering why it’s not making me happy.”***
Why the fuck do we have to keep having these conversations in the Year of Our Lord, 2024?!? Women have value beyond being incubators, full stop. If someone doesn’t want children, that should be their decision and their business. No one should have to explain their choices.
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✊🏻me too, anna!