It's confession time: I have a bit of a defense mechanism of finding all of the things that can go wrong, and often talking myself out of doing (or completing) things. I don't like the idea that the quality might be less than I want. Case in point: I opened up this Blogger account about two years ago!
But after reading a recent post by Mur Lafferty, I'm finally getting down to writing my first blog post. I know, big deal. But it is, for me. I've never really considered myself a writer, public speaker, or thought-leader that others would be interested in what I have to say. And at the same time, I've stumbled upon enough blogs that either haven't been updated since 2006 or are little more than rants to the world about the idiot-du-jour that stayed stopped for a few seconds after the light turned green. I want this blog to be worth finding, not just for those who want to find out about me.
So my takeaway from the video Ms. Lafferty posted about was that it's obvious that we don't have the experience to meet our own expectations for what we're contemplating doing.
For a painful while, we will need to trudge on, doing the best we can, and remember that with the pain comes the oh-so-valuable experience that will bring us closer to being acceptable to our own standards. If we want to do do this to fulfill a need that we see not being met, then our standards are probably high, and our passion for the subject as well, so we will strive for quality, and will help fill that need.
So stop making excuses and thinking you're not good enough to do it!
1 comment:
KUDOs for making the leap of faith!
I struggled when starting mine as well, and don't think I post as often or as much as I should. I am always grateful (and amazed) when I look at my stats and see that somebody is actually reading what *I* write.
I forget who said it, but remember than a journey of 1,000 miles begins with the first step.
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