http://www.jesslarsen.com/2010/05/confessions-of-an-overachiever/ Empowered Partnership to Support Your Self Care Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.jesslarsen.com/2010/05/confessions-of-an-overachiever/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Jess Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:52:17 +0000 http://www.jesslarsen.com/?p=462#comment-32 @Tia, I think you hit the nail on the head re: anxieties that come up around writing in public forums. The "it mights" pile up and pile up and then it's easy to forget that you're doing something... because you love it (?) Also, the notion of embracing the possibility of the work you're doing being a waste of time reminds me of something my vocal coach tells me: put breathing room around success and even more breathing room around failure. Really grateful to be connected with you! @Tia,
I think you hit the nail on the head re: anxieties that come up around writing in public forums. The “it mights” pile up and pile up and then it’s easy to forget that you’re doing something… because you love it (?) Also, the notion of embracing the possibility of the work you’re doing being a waste of time reminds me of something my vocal coach tells me: put breathing room around success and even more breathing room around failure.
Really grateful to be connected with you!

]]> http://www.jesslarsen.com/2010/05/confessions-of-an-overachiever/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Tia Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:18:58 +0000 http://www.jesslarsen.com/?p=462#comment-31 Love this. I can soooo relate. I struggle with that feeling that anything I pursue *must* excel or it's not worthy. A hobby must become a business. Comes from a long history I'm sure. I've started the website I'm working on currently as the antithesis of that ambition: it's an amateur site (I used to be a pro) with the direct intention that it might flop. I might neglect it. It may never have readers. I might post crap on it that is banal and cliche with stuff that is done much better elsewhere. It might be a Total Waste of Time. I'm embracing that right now. Funny that in the midst of that process I found 21.5.800 :-). A new jolt of creativity, inspiration, and challenging voices like yours! .-= Tia´s last blog ..<a href="http://tiajulianna.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/motherhood-observations-longing-for-baby-days/" rel="nofollow">Motherhood Observations: Longing for baby days</a> =-. Love this. I can soooo relate. I struggle with that feeling that anything I pursue *must* excel or it’s not worthy. A hobby must become a business. Comes from a long history I’m sure. I’ve started the website I’m working on currently as the antithesis of that ambition: it’s an amateur site (I used to be a pro) with the direct intention that it might flop. I might neglect it. It may never have readers. I might post crap on it that is banal and cliche with stuff that is done much better elsewhere. It might be a Total Waste of Time. I’m embracing that right now. Funny that in the midst of that process I found 21.5.800 . A new jolt of creativity, inspiration, and challenging voices like yours!
Tia´s last blog ..Motherhood Observations: Longing for baby days

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