Getting Unstuck

I’ve been having a bit of frustration over the past couple of weeks. I know that I’m ready to make some positive changes in my career and in my life. The urge to grow beyond where I am is pulling at me. Meanwhile the urge to stay safe in my tried and true routine is very strong. It’s sort of funny that even though I know that making positive changes can have enormous benefits, doubts can still creep up. Part of why I feel such frustration is because I’m impatient to see results right away.

For instance I’m supposed to be working on a novel. I’ve written a few pages but every time I try to make time for writing, suddenly I discover something else I should be doing instead. A novel could take months or years to finish, and that’s hard to take when you want to see the end result right away.

My procrastination is covering my fear of working on such a large project. What happens if I run out of steam? What if it’s not any good after I’ve put in all that work? I can’t answer those questions because I don’t know how it will turn out, but if I don’t try, I’ll stay frustrated. I’ll never know what could have happened if I’d just taken that step and tried something new.

I’ve been through this before in my career. I had the same doubts and fears, but I was able to get unstuck and move forward. So now I see that I’ll have to do what I’ve done before – feel the fear and do it anyway.