Tag: fear

Head back into your shell

Posted on by philipdodson

We all get those days, when overwhelm about the future, and often the ‘Tsunami’ of tasks, that we have put on our own ‘do list’, simply scares us into inaction.

We feel the urge to give up.

We feel like the only solution, after the initial bravery of stepping out into the ‘spotlight’, is to run back into the safety of our ‘shell’. The thought of actually changing to what we really want creates fear.

Well don’t run back.

The courage required to make the first steps towards changing something or doing something different, is not to be underestimated, and the time it takes to build up to taking that step too.

Don’t let unease of our limbic ‘chimp’ brain, drag you back to a place of ‘safety’, where starting, to some up the courage to try again, will be even harder the next time.

When we are at our greatest feeling of unease, then that is the signal, that we are about to create our best.

We need to fight the urge to hide again, battle through, break the tasks down into small manageable chunks, and keep going. Momentum will build and then the pain will ease.

I am at that stage now, let the ‘battle’ begin, I am going to accept my fears, realise that they are a positive sign and carry on the cause.

Share your creations

Posted on by philipdodson

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Staring at a blank sheet of paper and then starting to type, I wonder where this blog will go?

The more I think about what I want to write each day, the harder it becomes.

I know that if I analyse every sentence and every thought, then I will eventually talk myself out of writing it or I will keep editing it. The voice in the head will be saying ‘what if no one likes it?’ and ‘will that offend someone?’ or ‘does anyone care?’. Fear of what the non-believers will say.

The fact is I do my writing about things that matter to me. About the things I care about. I am not writing for others, I am writing for me.

So I have now got to the point of not caring who else reads them. I am obviously delighted if people enjoy reading them, however, I love writing them, it makes me feel happy and that is why I do this.

The key thing is to find the right people to connect with in life and then share your work with them. If you never share what you create, then you have not created anything.

If some do not like it, that is of no relevance, you may have shared it with the wrong audience, they might be wrong, who knows, who cares. There is very little right or wrong in life.

The most important thing to do is to share your creations and never fear what others will think. This is my creation and I am happy with it.