What I "gave up"

At the beginning of the semester I gave up on the usage of the word 'I don't know.' My boyfriend was the one who saw that I used this term way too much. Turns out when I stopped saying that i didn't know that I actually pushed myself to figure some things out. It was very hard keeping myself from saying it for a week...two weeks. I tried to implement it moving forward and when i am conscious of it it is empowering and I shift myself into being more capable and in charge which is good because everything has been feeling out of control. It challenged me to summon my inner knowing. I have learned that by leading with this approach I have a victorious first step. Any time i didn't lead with this the 'I don't knows' ruined my project :-/ wish I kept it in mind more :-).