How often do you let great ideas, passionate feelings, and good-intentioned impulses slip away? If you’re like me, you might be afraid of acting on these blips of thought for any number of reasons. Mine stem from a combination of laziness (especially if I get a good idea on the way home from work) a fear of failure, anticipation of rejection, and, perhaps worst of all, is the anticipation of success–having to face myself when my I realize my doubts were for naught and I have to start actually believing that I’m an intelligent, witty, creative, capable human being. [That's a frightening thought!]

I’m a dreamer by nature. I have a lot of ideas, whether they’re related to problem-solving, decorating a cake, conversations I’d like to have, a picture I’d like to paint or half-finished poems I’ve been meaning to put to paper. Despite the constant flow of thoughts swimming through my brain, I didn’t give much thought as to the dissonance between how often I exercised my imagination and how little these schemes were actualized. [Read more...]