Resistance and Embracing Your Nature
I know that sometimes, persistence is not a virtue. I would trade my other abilities to be an exceptional songwriter. I gave it a serious enough try to know that I don’t have the knack, for years, and I’m not interested in being publicly mediocre at the performing arts. My life is incalculably better for having let the dream go. The world will be h... See more
Sasha Chapin • 50 Things I Know
When we have a problem to solve, resistance is usually nowhere to be found. But when we have something to enjoy, create, or build, we are tapping into a part of ourselves that is trying to thrive instead of just survive, and the unfamiliarity can be daunting.
Brianna Wiest • The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
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surrender to the cringe
Take a moment to consider why you’ve heeded the call. What’s stopped you from doing the damn thing? A fear of being cringe? A fear of not being good enough?
When you first start out, life will be exactly how it was before you started doing the thing except now t... See more
Take a moment to consider why you’ve heeded the call. What’s stopped you from doing the damn thing? A fear of being cringe? A fear of not being good enough?
It's all going to flicker out at some point with everything else.
When you first start out, life will be exactly how it was before you started doing the thing except now t... See more