It has been a while since I have posted and the fact that I
start off yet another blog post that way is truly hilarious. I am working on some rebranding, and decided to hold off posting until it was done, but, if I'm being completely honest, that was just a copout. I have been procrastinating.
My reason for putting off writing is simply
because I have been scared. I really desire to have a successful blog and to
write a best selling book. Please
note that I said “successful” and “best selling”, which means I haven’t been
willing to write anything mediocre. Problem is that I kept judging everything I would write and claim it wasn't good enough to post.Basically, if I had a dollar for every article that is saved as a draft right now, I'd be making it rain.
Then the other day I listened to a Podcast by an energy
facilitator that always inspires me, and she happened to be discussing writing.
How does it get better than that? She said that if you desire the best selling
book, you have to be willing to write a really crappy book first. Perhaps placing significance on the level of success of what you write is keeping you from success all together.
Then I thought back to my Instagram account and how I’ve
come so far in my ability to take decent pictures. Not because I woke up one
day and just had this innate ability to rock my iPhone camera. It is because I stopped
being scared to take pictures in public, even if that meant getting out of my
car and standing in the middle of road to capture the red rocks in Sedona or
snapping a picture of the front counter of my favorite coffee shop while 10 people stare at me while waiting for their order. Being fearless in that regard
has changed things so much for me, and I have no doubt that if I apply the same
attitude to my writing, I won’t feel like I’m failing. I’ll be growing,
learning, and, thus, succeeding.
It is in choosing that we are capable of bringing more of
what we desire into our lives, and choosing to not write is just not working
for me anymore. So, I’m going to write – often and about it all. I hope you
follow along. Should be an interesting ride.
