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By: Leigh

Leigh — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:23:18 +0000

Are you pressuring yourself to be really good at whatever you try immediately? I’ve experienced similar resistance, but it’s because I pressured myself to do it really well. I didn’t really give myself permission to start out as a beginner, suck for a while, then improve. Sometimes, for me, it’s about changing my mindset. It’s about starting and knowing that I’m not going to be very good at whatever activity for a while but just committing to showing up. It’s still really hard, but it takes some of the pressure off.

By: Kimberley

Kimberley — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:25:03 +0000

Gosh, I’m so far behind on my Google Reader that I just came across this post and giggled as I am doing a recap of my goals too. Snap! :)
I hope you achieve what you would like to, they are wonderful aspirations. xx

By: Mausumi

Mausumi — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:15:50 +0000

I think what you say is important. Life is really too short! All these wonderful comments has inspired me to just jump into it! You’ll see how that works out if you continue to follow! ;)

Thank you for being a silent reader. And thank you for letting me know you are here! I really like having silent readers too:)

By: Mocha

Mocha — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:52:07 +0000

I felt that many people are like what you said, scared of failure. I’m one of those people too. Sometimes I’m too much a perfectionist and I wanted things to turn out right in whatever I do. But as time passes by, I realized life is really too short for all these scared of failure things. While we still have the chance to do what we can do or we could do, we shall do it or we may regret because we don’t know what will happen in the future. And what actually motivated me to do what I wanted to do always is ‘There’s only one life and life’s too short’.

I’ve been a silent reader all the while, just to let you know I love your LC-A pictures (: That’s what made me follow your blog actually, haha!

By: Mausumi

Mausumi — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:34:21 +0000

I am too scared to even try as well, especially when it comes to the things that I want the most (read: move to New York City). I haven’t even dared to start investigating visa and immigration issues, work and housing opportunities etc. I just know that it’s really hard to be able to get a work visa.

I’m afraid that there is no cure, but I’ll search!

I have started slowly with journaling the last couple of days actually! I’m not going to demand too much of myself (I think this also may be the reason why I quit before I even get started, I expect to be an expert in no time and when that doesn’t happen, I quit.) Therefore I have just started to write down thoughts, ideas, quotes etc It works so far! :)

By: Krissy ♥

Krissy ♥ — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:02:07 +0000

You know, I’ve always wondered this myself and have never quite found a solution for myself. I have all of these dreams and goals for myself, but with at least a handful of them, I’m just so scared of failure and of never accomplishing them, that I don’t put in that extra effort. I’m really not sure why that is that I’m so scared to even try.

I wish you all the very best overcoming this and working to achieve your dreams. And if you do find a “cure” for this little fear, please tell me! :P

On a side-note, I’ve kept a paper journal for about 3.5 years now and I’ve written every day since I started in January 2007 (I think I’ve only missed 4 days in those 3.5 years). Before I started, I hadn’t written in a journal since I was maybe 12 or 13, and ever since I started, it’s the greatest thing I ever did for myself. I love that I’ll always have complete documentation of my life and my thoughts. Rambling aside though, I really encourage you to start journaling since it’s on your list! :D

By: Mausumi

Mausumi — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:19:29 +0000

Great advice! I have to focus a lot more on the road and not so much on the destination.. I’ll actually write this piece of advice down in my journal so I’ll see it more often. Thank you!

By: Mausumi

Mausumi — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:18:32 +0000

Alison, I’m glad I was able to inspire you! And all these sweet comments inspire me in return. I have decided to start looking into achieving my most frightening goal ever; moving to NYC. Is it even possible?

By: Mausumi

Mausumi — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:16:49 +0000

Great advice! I’m always thinking about a hundred things I would like to do at once. I start a lot, but never finish anything.

Going as an au pair sounds frightening, but interesting! I’ll check it out!