Time for yourself is SO important (I'm learning that lesson too!). I love how to incorporated one of your tasks (writing down your ideas / dumping your brain) and made it a more joyful experience by playing fetch with your dog. I'm someone who always wants to get to the finish line yesterday, and am working on enjoying the journey to the finish line more than I usually do. It seems like you're already doing this, so Mazel Tov!

I just love reading your stuff!

I also am very disciplined but lack focus sometimes. I try to write things down on paper so they don't escape me yet aren't running rampant in my mind!

Today, because I knew it was so important I actually took an hour out and played fetch in the lake with my dog while I just thought and captured ideas into my IDEA journal. I normally put off the time for myself and I believe that feeds into my lack of focus!

Keep up the good stuff you share with all of us!

Another cool Michelle!

Jeremie – Keep it up, Jeremie (maybe not the garlic so much, but hey – whatever gets you through)! Your blog is great & I know that you'll be a "writer" in no time. Just focus on the baby steps & I know you'll find your way through. And not to pimp my own writing, but I went through all my posts yesterday (I'm cleaning house & recategorizing) & "Die Vampire Die" relates to exactly what you're talking about. AND features vampires, oddly enough. You can read it here: http://is.gd/vmdd

"This isn't different enough to ever be successful"

"People are going to think this is stupid"

"Wow, could I have written that any crappier?"

"If I continue along this past famous, long dead writers are going to rise from the grave and go zombie on my ass"

Well, you can see how it progresses….

To combat this I have started my blog, and, let me tell you, right after I hit post I quickly run around my house and lock the doors (zombies can't open doors right?) and quickly put a wreath of garlic around my neck (not for the zombies….duh….I have heard Will Shakespeare is actually a vampire)

Hopefully the blog will help me to build up the confidence to write more and more and eventually get to where I want to be.

And instead of trash talking, I'm just going to say here that I'll bet this connection is happening at exactly the right time for all the right reasons.

THANK YOU!

I put a lot of pressure on me. Big objectives. Scary ones. With a lot of will and work and focus, I tend to reach them BUT by the time I've climbed the mountain, I feel so tired that I go down very very quickly. Then, I take some rest and here we go again with even more difficult goal…

The point is when you listen to you, when you go step by step, little by little, well, you do it before you even realize it.

It's easier said than done, and even if I actually did it on some point, I have to work on myself to do it on any point !

You see what I mean ?

There must be a reason that Focus is my word this year. I'm gonna try to, uh, focus on Focus and block out the rest of the noise.