Hey @Green_Ghost , this is a great topic !!
For me, there are two that come to mind. One is from my mum, who told me that "when you're worried about whether you'll do well, you should just be more objective about yourself." It sounds weird but it really works for me because I tend to put logic over feelings, so when I'm anxious about how I'll perform in an exam or how an assignment will go, I just take a step back and look at the situation more objectively. Have I followed the rubric to a T? Yes. Have other similar assignments gone fine in the past? Yes. Is there any objective reason to worry about this? No...
The other is actually from my ex back in high school. I was feeling guilty and ashamed of the way I was behaving back then, where I'd let my feelings show on my face or show people in subtle ways that I'd been crying, so that they'd know I was going through a hard time without me having to say anything. I felt like I was just being attention-seeking and dramatic, and I told him this, but he said "I don't think it's being attention-seeking. And even if it is, what's wrong with seeking attention if you're having a hard time? You're just not that good at asking for help with words, so you try to show people in another way in the hopes that they'll do something." Thinking about it now, I guess it's not really 'advice' per se, but it really stuck with me because it made me more self-aware of how I feel about asking for and receiving help, and also made me feel less ashamed about wanting people to know I was struggling.
