Fear & Other Great Stuff

The lovely & very thoughtful Denise/Jejune posted this blog link, all about the tips, slips, stumbles, and leaps on the creative journey, in one of my earlier comment sections. She thought I may have been interested in it. She was right. I clicked on it this morning and had a good read. I thought there was so much excellent advice here that I wanted to share it also.

Fear Factor -I particularly loved this one because it was the topic of conversation with my friend yesterday, and has just sort of been on my mind lately. Once you take fear out of the decision making process you always make a better choice. As said in the post, Fear undermines us. It justifies bad behavior. It is the road to the collapse of self-respect. I can’t live my life without fear, but there are a million great reasons to make decisions and always one lousy one–I did it because I was scared. I'll also add that to not do something that you feel is right, or worthwhile, because you are afraid, is a poor decision (safe is a different matter). You just miss out that way.

In regards to fear, I am talking about my professional/creative life - underpricing, saying 'yes' all the time, etc. But this does cross over into my personal life as well. What I do is so much a part of who I am that I can't always distinguish the two. Then again, maybe I don't have to.

There is also a great quote on the blog by sufi poet and fool,Mullah Nasiruddin, who said, “Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.” Indeed!