Fail Often

Fail Often

Inside each of us, there is an element of fear.

Fear of failing.

Each individual will have a different view of what failure is to them.

Each person has a different perspective of failure in their life.

Mine lately has been fear of criticism.

Not criticism of my life, or my home, or even my husband.

The criticism I speak of is from those who criticize for a living.

I love poetry 

I love to write about how I see the world

I love writing on my blog (although I've not for some time).

I have the awesome privilege of attending a writers conference.

I have read each of the speakers bio's

I've checked into their world of writing.

It's different from mine.

I have second guessed whether I should go to a conference of writers.

Am I a writer?

Am I good enough?

Am I enough?

Self doubt leads to a fear of failing - many times before you ever actually begin.

Self doubt can derail even the most talented writer.

Will someone see the value in what I am passionate about?

Will someone see me, hear me, like me?

Yes, these all go through my mind.

I wonder......do published authors still have those thoughts?

I am eager to experience all that will be offered to me.

I want to soak it all in and meet some new friends.

I am looking forward to learning how to present my work

 I am excited (and yes a bit scared) to meet publishers, authors, writers and more!

As the days dwindle down 

and the moment gets closer that I will leave for a few days to learn..

Learn how to write better

Learn how to talk to others who write

Learn how to present myself to a publisher

I'm ready to let go of the

Fear of Failing.

Speaking of failure -

I saw this great video that Will Smith put out.

It made me think that the Fear of Failing 

isn't such a bad thing.

If you don't fail early - you won't learn what not to do next time.

If you don't fail often - you won't understand the successes in life.

If you don't fail for ward - you will continue not try to do better.

Failure -
It's like the saying....

Practice makes perfect, right?

Failure is a valuable part of living a successful life - 

I'm ready to fail early,

I'm ready to fail often,

I'm ready to fail forward!

Are you?