Have you given that some thought, or are you comfortable in your hamster wheel? What are you going to write next?
What? You don’t know?
I see a lot of people that are sleepwalking through life. I guess, if that’s OK with you. It is not OK with me. Not any longer.
There is something special about life, precious. Our time here is short, yet we act like we are immortal. This shining moment, twinkling brightly only to fade. Life is like a snowflake, melting in the palm of your hand. Beautiful and briliant and short lived. Too many people fail to see that shining star for what it is and then only when its near gone.
Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life. -Bertolt Brecht, The Mother, 1932
It would almost be a crime to stand there with that perfectly formed crystalline structure in you hand, and be staring off at something else as it melts to nothingness.
Now is the time to look at the dreams you might have had, or even dreams that you currently have and decide if they are worthwhile. Are they? Are you worthy of those dreams? Are you willing to stand up and claim those dreams as your own. Will you put behind those dreams a plan, an unwavering drive? Are you willing to commit? There is no tomorrow, if you postpone these dreams, you risk them melting before you. Action is required. Now. This step from dreamer, do achiever takes less effort than you think. Do something different. Choose a change. I know, I used the word ‘change’. Big word. Lots of people toss that one around too. Here’s a little something to ponder. You can either act, or not act. Either choice is yours, and the outcome is what you’ve effected. The story that you’re changing is yours.
Got that?
My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action. -Og Mandino
Good. Since we’ve determined that what we can do is change what we do now, how do we go about doing that.? It can’t be as easy as it sounds, can it? Like most good questions, the answer is ‘Yes’ and ‘No’. Sorry to all those rigid black/white thinkers out there.
Let’s take an example and play with it.
The Job.
Let’s pretend (another word for practice), that your job is lame. It’s not what you want. For whatever reasons; the pay, the work itself, the boss, the cow-orkers, un-fulfilling etc etc.
For me personally, changing jobs is terrifying. When we have to make a change of that magnitude, it’s easy to take the easy way out and decide that the change itself is more terrifying than the reasons that caused you to consider the change in the first place. It’s easier to choose the evil you know over the fear of the unknown. That is the absolute best way to write a boring and disappointing book. So what do you do? You need to find out what will work. What will make you happy? The same mechanism that you used to determine that the book you’ve been writing isn’t the book you wanted to. Feelings. Feelings are emotional responses, and most times they’re a good indicator. Listen to them.
Use your feelings, and a little imagination to see what will work. Think about yourself doing a different job. Doesn’t matter if you think you’re qualified for it, but try to have some sort of reality check. If you’re 6’7” and want to be a Horse Jockey, you might need a reality check. Imagine yourself, first person, doing this new job. How do you look, act, how does it make you feel. Does it feel right? Imagine telling a new acquaintance what you do for a job, does it feel good to say it? Can you tell people what you do with a sense of pride and accomplishment?
If so, you have a new chapter to write. If it doesn’t feel right, then it simply is not. Remember, Wrongness can be defined by anything that is Hard and or Ugly. (Credit) If it’s not right, move on. Try this technique over and over till you find something that fits. When you find that thing, be it a job, or a person, or a hobby, new car, new home; whatever, you will know that you are on the right path. You will know that your book is going to be a better read.
Something you can feel proud of.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. -Denis Watley
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia. -Unknown
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