Killing The Perfectionist And Overcoming The Mind Of Fear
Have you ever had ideas, jot them down and never start them? Well that was me. I was forever starting things and never following through with them. I have all these great ideas and projects but yet to finish even one. This all changed in 2017. I promised myself that whatever I pursue I would work on it from start to finish. This blog you see today was one of those things I was determined to complete. I made up in my mind that I would no longer not fulfill my goals. So, this past summer I spent it building my skills in writing. I traveled and took courses from some of the best people in the industry.
Once the summer came to an end I had completed my first short film script and storyline of my first feature film. I did not stop here. I went a few steps further to build my own blog site. Now this did not come easy. I spent like two months working to perfect my biography and not moving forward with the next steps. I even invested in a blog coach and she gave me all the tools necessary to get pass my stumbling block but I still was at a standstill.
One day I was reading through my emails and I came across one of my blog coaches emails where she talked about when she started blogging with a little to no experience. She went in to even talk about how she did not know the ins and outs of blogging but she just blogged. Despite of her lack of knowledge at that time she did not let anything get in the way of her being herself and doing what she loved. After reading and being touched by her email. I made up in my mind that this perfectionist mindset had to cease because if not I would not overcome my complacency. I looked at my biography one more time and finished it. Then I contacted my blog coach to let her know I was ready to move forward to the next step. We start planning and working to build my website. So, on December 31, 2017 I launched my blog website. It has been one of my biggest accomplishments in a long time and I will not stop here, it is more to come.
I am just happy to no longer let procrastination and fear keep me from being great. It feels good to no longer be my worst critic. I do not know everything about blogging. I am still learning a lot but the key thing is I am doing it and it feels good. I will not let my past ways keep me from being the best version of myself.
