Wow! This one really hit home!! As an older woman, I can say the longer a person’s avoids the crooked path, the harder it is to break a pattern. AND yet it is still possible to change how I ‘prefer your coffee’. Thanks for another inspiring message that I’ll be chewing on all day.
This article hit the nail on the head! The fear of getting something wrong stops me in my tracks- especially since my husband died and I'm on my own. Part of the fear is that I won't be able to fix it when I'm wrong. One trick that helps is thinking of what I am doing as an experiment - the pressure seems to lessen.
Apparently since getting older I'm (almost) paralyzed trying to bring in a second income, one that I'm passionate about. First it was trying virtual assisting, then it was a dog treat business, Etsy and Gum Road stores (one item in each, never got further), working in retail (couldn't stand and do nothing for hours on end), a deli (couldn't stand the smell of meat)—the latter two were a weak attempt at going back into the work force, which I quickly figured out wasn't my desire—and the list goes on.
I started Substack on a whim. I wanted to market my latest products (creating printables) but that fizzled out because of my paralysis for graphic design, so no sellable printables. It's something I want to do so badly but talent isn't there. So I start and stop creating, resorting to coloring books to build up confidence for completing art. (Lately it's gotten so bad I buy coloring books, with color by numbers.)
Fortunately my Substack is holding up, even though each new article (in my mind) is horrible, but I push publish anyway. I promised myself 52 weeks of publishing, no matter how horrible, though I do my best.
I think the perfect end result would be my creating art and selling it. Of course this is as far from what I've done my entire life (casino gambling) at it can get. But. I'm still holding out hope I'll break through this paralysis - it's been about six years in the making. Great article, it gives me food for thought.
Wow! This one really hit home!! As an older woman, I can say the longer a person’s avoids the crooked path, the harder it is to break a pattern. AND yet it is still possible to change how I ‘prefer your coffee’. Thanks for another inspiring message that I’ll be chewing on all day.
This article hit the nail on the head! The fear of getting something wrong stops me in my tracks- especially since my husband died and I'm on my own. Part of the fear is that I won't be able to fix it when I'm wrong. One trick that helps is thinking of what I am doing as an experiment - the pressure seems to lessen.
Apparently since getting older I'm (almost) paralyzed trying to bring in a second income, one that I'm passionate about. First it was trying virtual assisting, then it was a dog treat business, Etsy and Gum Road stores (one item in each, never got further), working in retail (couldn't stand and do nothing for hours on end), a deli (couldn't stand the smell of meat)—the latter two were a weak attempt at going back into the work force, which I quickly figured out wasn't my desire—and the list goes on.
I started Substack on a whim. I wanted to market my latest products (creating printables) but that fizzled out because of my paralysis for graphic design, so no sellable printables. It's something I want to do so badly but talent isn't there. So I start and stop creating, resorting to coloring books to build up confidence for completing art. (Lately it's gotten so bad I buy coloring books, with color by numbers.)
Fortunately my Substack is holding up, even though each new article (in my mind) is horrible, but I push publish anyway. I promised myself 52 weeks of publishing, no matter how horrible, though I do my best.
I think the perfect end result would be my creating art and selling it. Of course this is as far from what I've done my entire life (casino gambling) at it can get. But. I'm still holding out hope I'll break through this paralysis - it's been about six years in the making. Great article, it gives me food for thought.
Made me wonder what my next imperfect steps will be! Thought-provoking article! Dee❤️