this woman’s work

Persevere

Feb 2, 2008 Writing, work work work

I have these big plans. Well, medium-sized plans but in a little life like mine they seem pretty big. There are all of these little steps to take me to these big plans because they are long-term big and I have to put in my time on the preparation front to make sure the plans materialize. And you know what? These preparation things sometimes seem pretty overwhelming and difficult.

One of my big plans has to do with the creative career that I want to build. Part of that plan has to do with the work to be a better writer and the other part has to do with building a professional platform.

My other big plan has to do with the material career that I want to build (i.e., $$$). Part of that plan is learning how to do things in the World of Business and the other part has to do with marketing myself professionally.

Basically they both come down to learning curves and marketing. Learning how to be better at things and figuring out how to sell myself/my work.

Because I’m always aiming ahead of where I am, sometimes I feel like I’m not getting anywhere, which is when I have to stop and take a minute to look at how far I’ve come and take a break from looking at how far I still have to go. Still, it’s hard.

This is one of my philosophies of life: Do it anyway. What the hell. Other people quit because it’s hard so sometimes just showing up is enough. You do the prep work, you do the leg work and eventually you’re in the right place at the right time.

Anyway. That’s what I’m thinking about today because it seems like on a number of fronts I’m almost where I want to be next. Which just reminds me of how far I have to go to get beyond that to the next stage. Too daunting. I need to put my head down and get back to work.

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