Home/Self & Identity/Past self embarrassment/ThoughtI just found these old emails from my first week of teaching and I kind of want to crawl into a hole and stay there forever.past self embarrassmentfailure fearsShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooAnyone else ever look back at their first real job and just want to like, crawl under a rock and never come out?past self embarrassment" Like, I don't know if this even counts as a confession, but I still cringe remembering my first week teaching, sending all these emails to my principal. …past self embarrassmentFiring off those emails to the principal, barely a week into my first job, telling them how to run things. …past self embarrassmentI actually told a man with thirty years of experience that his scheduling system was "inefficient. …past self embarrassmentRelated Themes"Am I Normal?" Aging AnxietyAge-inappropriate interestsBody image strugglesIdentity confusionPeople pleasing