Are you doing what’s easy or what’s needed?
Posted by DianeCorriette on November 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
One of the great things about being a writer and being trained in the art of facilitating thinking and self reflection is that I am always doing it myself (thinking and self reflecting). My life is a constant stream of questions about what I am doing and why things are and/or are not working.
Right now I am questioning my ability to generate a much bigger income than I am currently pulling in and the question came to me today “Have you been doing what’s easy or what’s needed?”
I stopped and thought about that for a while and realised that I had become stuck in wanting things to work easily. My dream is me sitting at home writing stories that I eventually sell online and that dream will be realised, but right now its not my reality.
I am definitely writing and I will definitely be selling my first personal development ebook by the end of November (that’s the target I set myself today – had to set one because my partner reads my blog and he will question me about a deadline!! ) 
I also set a deadline to become a published (offline in the bookshops) author by Spring 2009 because I have been speaking about writing a book long enough and it’s time for the speaking to end and the action/reality part to take place!
But what I realised after thinking about it is that I really am not doing what’s needed to make that happen. In my ongoing efforts to think about how to bring in more income I had given up doing what’s necessary and just getting by with what’s easy.
I have friends who at this point will jump to my defence and make the following declarations
“You’re a single mother, you have a lot to do which is why things have slowed down”
“You’ve been through a lot so don’t be so hard on yourself”
“You are doing more than most people already give yourself a break”
My friends love me (God bless them) but excuses like that just don’t work if you truly want something for yourself and I have to decide whether I want the excuses or the results…. I know which one I want already so I better get back to writing!
One of the things that may definitely be needed in the short term is for me to think about taking on part time employment or running some workshops of my own (second choice is my preferred one)
What’s needed is for me to give this 100% of my focus and attention, set my goal for the first ebook and to finish my book then stay with that until they are generating an income. Of course short term (as in this week) I still need to take a serious look at employment, workshops or taking on coaching clients.
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