I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I keep telling myself, and everyone else, that I want to have my own successful business and I mean it. I do. And as you already know I even designed, built, and published my web site and started this blog but then I hit the wall. I didn’t know what to do next.
I sit down at my computer every morning at nine just like I did when I worked full time. I check my e-mail and then maybe I even do some blog reading and article searching and then…nothing.
It’s not like I don’t have information on how to get started. I have tons. Books, blog posts, you name it, it’s all right there. I read it all and I get all inspired and I want to start doing something. Now. But for some reason I don’t.
I’ve asked myself why so many times, question like:
- Am I afraid?
Yes. - Why?
Well because what if I’m not good enough. - Why do you feel that way? You’ve been a technical writer for ten years, and done the creative work for much longer than that. How is that not experience enough?
Yes but…I’ve never done freelance copy writing. - So what? You’ve written procedures, you’ve written white papers, you’ve written training materials, you’ve written all kinds of things including fiction. How is that different.
- But they want a resume and mine is for technical writing. It’s way too over the top for freelance work. They don’t care about all the stuff I’ve done in the corporate world.
So…rewrite it. I mean you are a writer after all you should be able to do that much. - But I don’t have any samples of freelance type articles.
So? Write some. - But what do I write about? What do I know anyway?
What interests you? Try one of those things. - But there are tons of articles about the stuff I do. Sewing. Jewelry making. Painting. Decorating. Reading. Everybody knows about that stuff what can I add that hasn’t already been said?
These are the things that fly around in my head every day. That’s what keeps me from moving forward. Plus it’s intimidating to know that there are so many people writing for the web these days. I don’t want to be just another face in the crowd. I’d like to be really good at it if I’m going to do it at all.
How do I get past the Ya…Buts? How do you get past the Ya…Buts? Am I the only scaredy cat out here? It sure feels like it.
