So I’ve been working on my one-woman show lately and last weekend it suddenly hit me that I am gonna be up there all by myself for over an hour! This is beginning to frighten the hell out of me, but in a good way. Putting this show together is a challenge that’s out of my comfort zone—and actually performing it is WAY out there—but it’s something I know I can do and will make every effort to do well.
I’ve written before that every once in a while you have to do something that scares the crap out of you. Once you do it, your comfort zone expands and you have a wonderful feeling of accomplishment. There’s nothing like the satisfaction of pulling something off that, at one point, you weren’t sure you actually could.
Remember my birthday post when I asked you these questions?
What is your God-given talent? What do you do better than almost every person on earth? How can you share your talent with the rest of the world?Back then I said you didn’t need answers at that moment, just start thinking in that direction. But now it’s getting closer to the beginning of a New Year (that would be 2010, right?) and it’s the perfect time to identify a goal that both encompasses what makes you wonderful in your unique way and is a little outside your comfort zone.
So what is it you’d like to accomplish? What will we be looking back at this time next year with a sense of pride?
You don't have to tell me right this minute, but you know I'll be asking again soon. If I can do it, so can you!
8 comments:
Linda, you're so inspirational. You make me think beyond today. Thank you.
Hey Linda, thanks for the Christmas Card, and YES, let's get together in January and have lunch. I chickened out having my shoulder manipulated, so still have that looming in the new year... but I am really looking forward to getting together...Merry Christmas!
@ Josie: No, thank you. What is a writer without readers?
@ Donna: Looking forward to meeting you, too, and have a great 2009! (HA!!)
What do I want to accomplish next year..does retiring count?
Good luck on the one woman show. I wish I could come see.
Linda,
My first hero said this to me when I was 19, "Scare yourself." You know he's right. And with that he got me up on stage for the first time in my life reading something I'd written to a room full of strangers. It was the best high in the world. You are so there!
Whew, thanks for the out. I was going to try to make a public declaration, but now I can procrastinate some more.
I'd like to have revised the novel I wrote during NaNoWriMo into a tolerably readable manuscript in 2010. I hope your one-woman show goes on tour!
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