I know this place. I’ve been here before. Right before I am about to embark on something new this fire starts within me that screams STOP! Danger Zone! Get out while you can! And it is all I can do to keep it at bay.
The weirdest thing about it is you would think it would make me want to run. Move to some less expensive city where no one knows me and get a job at Starbucks. (I hear Starbucks gives their employees health insurance, a lure if ever there was to aspiring to become a barrister. But I digress)
Instead of the urge to flee I become frozen. My brain locks. And I come up with 101 things to do that are not on the task at hand. Like writing this blog.
Yes, I am right on schedule for my next book, part guide, part manifesto on creating more time for your life. Which means if the demons trying to get in the way of my time line don’t win, somewhere around May 15 you will be able to buy a copy.
The irony is that I wrote this book to help others with exactly these kinds of hurdles and here I am avoiding writing the book blurb and checking the last set of edits. I am not listening to my own wisdom. I hate when that happens. But I know why.
I am afraid. I am always afraid when I am here. I am afraid of failure. I am afraid of success.
And even though I know this is the good kind of fear, the kind that pushes my boundaries and propels me forward, I still tremble.
I know where to start. With the timer. My secret sauce. The source of inspiration for this new book. You’ll learn more about the timer soon. But for now let’s just say I’m test driving the content.
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