I really think you should read a great post by Seth Godin, Fear of shipping. His writing is usually very short and digestible because it’s super concise and packed with the point. No surprise he has so many followers and readers. I highly recommend you subscribe to his blog if you don’t already. While reading his post today, I was pleasantly surprised to realize that the topic of fear has been floating in my mind all this week. Seth just puts it out there so clearly…that it’s the fear that prevents us from doing so much. The fear that stops us in our tracks sometimes. But the wonderful realization is that we all have this fear – common ground – the difference is where each of us decides to put our fear.
Simply put, do you let the fear go front and center in your life, so that it disables you completely? Do you let it control and drive the path of your life? I believe that many of us in the creative field go through this phase of fear every single time we present our work. Or perhaps this fear even prevents us from starting in the first place. So many excuses are easily thrown out – no time, perhaps it’s been done, what if I’m ridiculed, what if I fail. Funny thing is that the fear will always be there. You can choose to live in it’s shadow and accomplish/experience nothing – curl into a ball and hide! Or you can choose to put it aside and move forward. Get a bunch of stuff done, get active, create and be happy! That’s what I believe you should do. Acknowledge that fear is present – for all of us – but you should put it aside sometimes and just do it.
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linda,
i love what you wrote today i am going to check out his blog.
kt
Thanks, kt! I am glad it can be of use…have a great weekend
Oh, yeah.
Fear can be a biggie.
A real monster.
I am just sitting here thinking about taming fear, and this popped into my head…
“The Taming of the Shrew”
Sounds appropriate, doesn’t it???
Hi Pam! We definitely need to tame our fear…great way to think about it!
Dearest Linda, thanks for sharing this with us today! I’m sure fear is a topic we all know by heart. I’ve learned from my flying e-course that writting down a list of affirmations, or direct responses to each of your fears in your journal helps you to embracy them. That is what i am learning to do. Like example if your fear says, “You aren’t good enough, smart enough, saavy enough,” you might write “You are enough, just as you are today.” I also want to practise courage.
I am off to check out Seth Godin, Fear of shipping! Have a lovely merry happy weekend and love to you!
Hi Jacqueline – what a wonderful way to face your fears…head on! It’s definitely bravery and courage to face those issues.
That looks like a great article; I’m putting it on my to-read list. I have been getting better this last year about dealing with my fear. I feel like I spend a lot of time just taking a deep breath and jumping in the cold water because that’s all I can do. And once I’m there I remember I know how to swim;)
I’m going to try making your toilet paper roll book today!
That’s great Bobbi! I think it’s really informative…all his posts are. I think we can flex our muscles against fear, the more practice you have the better
And good luck on the book, I’m just making another one too!