What have you always wanted to do in life? Learn to play an instrument? Perhaps you’d like to speak another language. Make a YouTube channel. Start painting. Whatever. Well, “whatever” within reason of course. I’m talking about things that enrich your life and/or the lives of others.
I have wanted to write this blog and start a YouTube channel for a long time. I’ve been putting it off, and putting it off, and putting it off again. “I don’t have the time.” “I don’t have the equipment.” “I don’t know what to talk/write about.” “Nobody cares what I have to say anyway.”
Excuses, excuses, excuses.
Now, it may be true that I don’t have much time as a stay at home mom of two, and that I’m pretty much limited to what I can do on my phone with one hand for the majority of my day. However, the real issue lies within the last two excuses.
“I don’t know what to write/talk about.” Oh, but I do. I’m always thinking about stuff. What’s really happening is that I’m overthinking because I’m afraid it will be bad and nobody will like it. “Nobody cares what I have to say anyway.” And there it is. The root of the problem. The fear that was holding me back.
Well, no more! I decided to venture into that dark abyss of vulnerability. It may be true that nobody cares, and maybe what I create will be bad to someone. Maybe even a lot of someones.
But you know what? I’m doing this for me as much as anyone else. It’s okay to not be perfect at something at first, and it’s okay if nobody cares but me. I don’t want to spend my life frozen in fear.
So, what’s holding you back from doing that thing that would enrich your life? What are you afraid of?
Everyday Immortal 