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<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>meet Self Doubt<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>You meet Self Doubt soon after you begin school. He\u2019s not a close friend but he\u2019s always there for you. Saying I-told-you-so when you fail. Smirking a little, nodding politely when you succeed, just to let you know he\u2019s still around. Self Doubt is loyal. He\u2019ll talk to you even when no-one else will. You have so much in common. He\u2019ll whisper to you even in the middle of those sleepless nights. Nobody quite understands you like he does. He\u2019ll teach you his favourite expressions: <em>Just my luck. Typical. Too good to last. Brought it on myself.<\/em> Teaches you to get real. Play safe. <em>Stop being stupid. Act your age. <\/em>His advice is beyond value. He\u2019ll bask in your success, take a long all-expenses-paid holiday overseas for years. But don\u2019t worry. Like all true friends<\/p>\n<p>he\u2019ll be back.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 rob walker, 2011.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>First published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fingermagazine.com.au\/?p=132#more-132\">Finger Magazine<\/a>, Adelaide, Nov 2011.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Production by <a href=\"http:\/\/ccmixter.org\/people\/speck\">Speck<\/a> & <a href=\"http:\/\/ccmixter.org\/people\/annabloom\">annabloom<\/a>. Courtesy of ccmixter.org.\u00a0photo by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.statesman.com\/train-ride\">Larry Kolvoord<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> meet Self Doubt You meet Self Doubt soon after you begin school. He\u2019s not a close friend but he\u2019s always there for you. Saying I-told-you-so when you fail. Smirking a little, nodding politely when you … <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1401\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1409,"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions\/1409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>meet Self Doubt<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>You meet Self Doubt soon after you begin school. He\u2019s not a close friend but he\u2019s always there for you. Saying I-told-you-so when you fail. Smirking a little, nodding politely when you succeed, just to let you know he\u2019s still around. Self Doubt is loyal. He\u2019ll talk to you even when no-one else will. You have so much in common. He\u2019ll whisper to you even in the middle of those sleepless nights. Nobody quite understands you like he does. He\u2019ll teach you his favourite expressions: <em>Just my luck. Typical. Too good to last. Brought it on myself.<\/em> Teaches you to get real. Play safe. <em>Stop being stupid. Act your age. <\/em>His advice is beyond value. He\u2019ll bask in your success, take a long all-expenses-paid holiday overseas for years. But don\u2019t worry. Like all true friends<\/p>\n<p>he\u2019ll be back.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 rob walker, 2011.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>First published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fingermagazine.com.au\/?p=132#more-132\">Finger Magazine<\/a>, Adelaide, Nov 2011.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Production by <a href=\"http:\/\/ccmixter.org\/people\/speck\">Speck<\/a> & <a href=\"http:\/\/ccmixter.org\/people\/annabloom\">annabloom<\/a>. Courtesy of ccmixter.org.\u00a0photo by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.statesman.com\/train-ride\">Larry Kolvoord<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> meet Self Doubt You meet Self Doubt soon after you begin school. He\u2019s not a close friend but he\u2019s always there for you. Saying I-told-you-so when you fail. Smirking a little, nodding politely when you … <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1401\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1409,"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions\/1409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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