If you’re a WordPress user, you know this is the title to the default (example) post.
This is a real post though. I promise.
Because this is my first blog post, I decided to stick with that title as I thought it was fitting.
As a professional writer, I have always had a great deal of anxiety about writing. Though I was told at a very early age that I was a good writer (hmmm, wait, do my Mom and Daddy count?), I still get a bit nervous about it. Not the process, or even the product, so much as people’s reaction to it. So much so, that, for years, I’ve been wanting to blog, but I just couldn’t (and didn’t) get started. Like the great marketing thinker Seth Godin’s Fear of Shipping (more on Godin’s thoughts about shipping here).
Then, one morning, I heard the quote above (from Samuel Beckett). It reminded me – again – that I needed to try, that I had to ship because not trying, not shipping…that’s failure.
And so, I begin.
What about you? How did you get over your fear of shipping? When did the light come on for you?
And, one more thing — hello, world!
Hey Sandee,
Love the look of your blog and congratulations on your first post. As I’ve been taught these past few years, you don’t have to get it right you just have to get it going. The hard part is over, your first post is out there. Now it’s time to start sharing who you are with others. I’m looking forward to seeing more. Until then, have a blessed day and a fabulous week.
Adrienne