I know what I want to do.
Even better, I know what I’m going to do. Even better than that is knowing I’m going to do it. And to top it off, now that I’ve declared my intention, I’m excited about doing it.
My heart is ready and I’m prepared (so says my Whattayas)…but dang, am I scared. I’ve got 2,546 things in my favor, yet a single fear has me a deer in the headlights, heart and preparation be damned.
Actually, I’m scared of two things…
Fear 1
I will build it and they won’t come. My business will be a vast bucket of suckage unlike anything the Web has ever seen. I will be ridiculed by all and laughed off the Internet. I will have no friends, my family will disown me, my husband will leave me, and I’ll wind up living in a box under a bridge. I will die there, broke and alone, killed for the scrawny-pigeon-on-a-stick I was cooking over my meager, sputtering flame.
Summary: FAIL (epic)
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Fear 2
I will build it and everyone will come. My business will be a raving success unlike anything the Web has ever seen. I will be loved and admired by many…but hated and despised by just as many. I will be incinerated by the merciless public eye and eviscerated by the fangs of public criticism. Only my husband and the IRS can know how much I’ve earned lest hoards of not-really-friends and not-really-family, greedy for my wealth, nibble me to death like a pack of rabid ducks.
Summary: SUCCESS (kinda)
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HA!
Absurd, right? And it feels so very, very good to write them out and see them for the ridiculousnesses that they are.
Wow. How great to laugh at them. Michael Hill (@GeePawHill) is right—
Laughing Helps
It’s a cliché because it’s true.
I don’t know what’s going to happen next, but whatever happens, it won’t be Fear 1 or Fear 2…it’ll be Fear 1.3 or Fear 1.67 or something else assuredly non-epic in between them. And when what happens next actually happens, I’ll…
Well, I’ll just figure it out when I get there.
Which is all to say: Whatever you’re scared of, write them down, k? And if they’re not funny, make them funny. If you can’t make them funny, tear them up and throw them out.
They’re only paper.
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p.s. Enough reflection and introspection. Next week, we get down (up?) to business.
Photo credit: Laughing monks by araswami
Scrawny pigeons and rabid ducks… you must have been in a fowl mood when you wrote this, Crystal.
But, as always, you made ME laugh – along with you and at myself. Yes, yes!, to “laughing helps.”
We are birds of a feather.
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Most excellent post, and so true. I kinda riffed on this in my latest – since I’ve been going through the same thing. Cheers, m’dear.
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Love this line:
“Whatever you’re scared of, write them down, k? And if they’re not funny, make them funny. If you can’t make them funny, tear them up and throw them out.”
I will make this as a tagline of my life.
Thanks for sharing this thought of yours.
Is there anyone who can share the same topic that i can search for?
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Love the “Vast Bucket of Suckage” comment in Fear #1!
You do have to take a shot to do business on the web and at some point, just throw it out there!
Good Luck to all who try! – wishing myself luck here, too.
@Laurie—So glad I could share a laugh with you
And I totally didn’t catch the bird thing for both of them! Musta been hungry.
@Charlotte—What a great, fun post! I laughed way out loud a few times and was nodding and sighing for the rest. I may be outta the cave you wrote about, but I’m finding I have to recommit myself to the tasks every day. They’re exciting and all, but it is so easy to get distracted.
@James—Welcome and my pleasure! We all need a theme song, and I’m glad I could be one of yours.
@MAS—Thanks! And good luck to you
Interesting post. I’ve always heard people say we should face our fears head on. Look fear in the face. But I’ve never heard of laughing at our fears. Sounds like good advice though. I’ll give it a shot. I suppose anyone who can laugh at their fears becomes fearless. Cheers.
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Its funny cause it’s true. I’ve had the same fears and never thought of laughing at them but will do in the future. Its one of those inverse reactions that just don’t come natural to folks, like love thy enemy. Thanks for sharing.