Not that anyone's noticed (maybe someone will eventually read my blog and see this), but I've taken a healthy step away from the Dreaming project the past week and plan to continue the escape a bit longer. I've always found that a good break is worth its weight in gold when it comes to clearing my mind, emotions and even my body after weeks or months of hard work.
Just like a day job, I felt I needed a vacation from even thinking about the book, in the hopes that when I come back to it, I'll be recharged and ready to rock it and make a big push towards publishing.
In lieu of writing, I've buckled down on my sort-of pretend "job" lately and have enjoyed a relative re-vamping of success because of it, so its good to know I've still got it in my primary field of money making for the time being.
I've also come to what I believe is a healthy mindset concerning the potential success of the book. Not that I'm ready to sell myself short, but I have realized that I have so very much to look forward to other than the book in the next few years, and those things will be so much more enjoyable if and when the book gets the attention I believe it deserves.
It's a lot like when Ted rolls around to realizing how much he has to look forward to after his "breakdown" in the book... I had a really rough week last week, but I made it through, hit some sort of a bottom, and have climbed back out in one piece and stronger because of it. Although few of you reading this know what I've been going through in my personal life lately, lets just suffice it to say that this is a time of turmoil and immense change for me. Luckily, as it has in the past, I can see that these hurdles are for the best and are forcing me to take some risks in my life and chase my dreams in a way that I wouldn't have had life progressed "as planned".
Change is scary, confusing, potentially dangerous and just plain hard... but it's also necessary, invigorating, inspiring, and can be oh-so-fun if embraced properly, which is what I believe I'm finally doing. I tried to convince myself and those closest to me that I've been fine lately, but that wasn't the whole story. Truth was: I was surviving, but was not fine, which is ok. We've all got times like these, but it's how we allow ourselves to feel the hurt, learn something from it, and then eventually, climb back up, out and beyond hard times is what separates dreamers from doers. That's a good lesson from my book: although Ted is a dreamer, what makes him successful now and will continue to do so in his fictional future is his ability to dream it and then do it... he's willing to chase his dreams and do what it takes to turn fantasy into reality, which is something I must do now in my life, especially if I'm going to make this book a success.
I'll leave it at that, mostly because chances are good that you have no idea what I'm talking about and I apologize for that... but I just needed to vent a little and put this reminder out there so I can look back on it and smile years from now.
Until next time...
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