@ Meg – It’s funny how perfectionism can sometimes encourage you to work hard when you need to, but at other times it can completely hold you back. So happy this inspired you

@ Mishi – How wonderful of you to describe your idea dumping process to us! It sounds really exciting… but I know how you feel, those big ideas can be intimidating when they first come out. Let me know where you’re going!

Just wanted to update you a bit on my little foray into “idea dumping”. I went home to try it, like I said I would. I thought – “Ok. Four minutes. Here we go!”. I had no idea what I was getting into.

I didn’t think I would be able to hold out for four minutes. I thought I had maybe one idea floating around my head. Or two.

Soon though, I was scrawling all over the place. Everytime I tried to walk away, more ideas came out. And more, and more. I had no idea how many ideas I was keeping pent inside until I sat down to write them all out. Needless to say, I overlapsed my four minutes by a lot.

That being said, I don’t think what I came up with is anything I’ll be able to use for blogging. My blogging style is much more “fly by the seat of your pants”. But I do think I might be the road to something more. Something bigger. Something I wanted to try for a long time, but didn’t really know how to start.

Now, its time for the scary, risk part. I’m nervous. I’m terrified. But I can’t wait to get started.

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I loved this post Zoe. Failure terrifies me – and being a perfectionist I have a fairly broad view of failure when it relates to me/my work. I feel all inspired

@Urban Panther Thanks for sharing the story about your Dad. Since I have had kids I have really been working on ‘just doing it’ – I so don’t want to pass my hang ups on to them

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Unless you are perfectly content with the monotony of a stable, hum-drum existence, OPEN THE FLOODGATES.

I’m all about this idea. I keep myself perpetually uncomfortable as a way to keep me moving forward.

For anyone who doesn’t know if they are living in the Comfort Trap, I’d highly recommend Judith Sills’ book by that name.

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@ Melissa – Great example…it sounds like a cliché when people say it, but going by your gut is usually the best advice!

Just a few months later, the company was bought out by another and almost every single worker got laid off, including the one in the position I had been offered.

Luck? I think not.

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Thanks a bunch, keep up the good work Linda in Baltimore

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@ Ulla – Blogs are the perfect spot to experiment… I’ve got a bunch of things I’d like to try out soon on this one. (by the way, no worries about the umlaut!)

@ Paradise – Thanks so much! That’s my hope It helps to find people in the same boat as you are.

@ Wendy – I really admire that, cause it can be so hard to put your work out in the open. Once you start, though, I feel it gets much easier to keep going.

@ Lisa – I do see your point, but rather than seeing it as failing, I see it as not being finished.

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