Imposter Syndrome Rears It's Ugly Head

Imposter Syndrome is defined as the feeling that you're not as cool, smart, awesome, etc. as people seem to think you are.

This weekend is the Fremont Solstice Festival, and part of that is the Seattle Art Car Blowout. As locals with vehicles, we'll be helping out. I feel like I don't belong sometimes, because even though I'm an art car person by marriage, I'm not an artist myself. I don't have an artistic bone in my body, and here I am hanging out with these cool, creative people like I'm one of them. It doesn't help that Luke's truck can barely be considered an art car any more. It once had toy trucks and cars glued all over the roof. But as they fell off, they were not replaced. In my mind, I see people looking at Luke's truck, parked there next to some amazing works of art, and they're thinking, "what the hell is THAT doing here?"

The art car people themselves are great. They are fun and interesting, and have awesome dogs! I'm really looking forward to the weekend, even if I have a few twinges of Imposter Syndrome.