how to not be overconfident

I did three readings as part of the Learning Center Live! event at the Heart of the City Festival, and this was the second reading.

I posted the first reading, Take What You Need, earlier this month, here.

I wrote this piece as part of the Thursdays Writing Collective, in response to the writing prompt “a recipe.” I had actually walked in late, and this was the second prompt of the session. The first thing I heard when I walked in was someone saying something about “overconfident.” Because my brain was already running with that idea when I heard that “recipe” was in fact the topic of focus, I melded the two topics to create this piece, which is one of my favourites, because it is both true and useful.

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