Have you ever put something off because you weren’t “ready?” If you haven’t, I’d like to meet you!
Many times people talk about starting a blog. They say they would like to do it, but keep putting it off. The content isn’t figured out. What do you write about? Not sure about the direction. After taking a photography class. Don’t know “computers well enough.” The list of reasons not to start can go on and on… The truth is no one is ever really ready, we just have to take a leap of faith and start.
I put off starting a blog for seven years for those reason listed above. Seven years. Even when I started in 2007, I didn’t know anything about what I was doing when I started blogging. But once I started, I was able to build experience and knowledge. The truth is, we all have to begin somewhere, and most of us suck when we start. We make mistakes, we flounder, we get lost. But without those mistakes we don’t get to learn how to be awesome. And that’s the truth.
Oh yes this sounds familiar. Occasionally fear kicks in, and takes control. For reasons unknown.
Lesson learned: Dive into the unknown is sometimes necessary. I actually bought a notebook where it said on the cover: Happiness is a form of courage. (Holbrook Jackson). I am beginning to grasp the meaning. In order to be happy, you gotta have courage to do the unknown.
xoxo KJ
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