Action vs. Thought
Recently I had a conversation with a friend about action versus thought. Personally I like to hear about what people are thinking about doing, but this friend didn't. She preferred to hear about what people were doing rather than thinking about doing.
Which got me to thinking.
I've been making little bits of jewelry here and there, mostly for myself and friends, but with the ultimate goal to sell them. I've just been afraid. Why? Rejection of course. You see, I have this terrible terrible fear that people are going to reject me because of something I do, or not do as the case may be. It will mean that I've failed and I try very hard to avoid failure, but it's been conditioned into me that everything I do... fails.
I am absolutely trying to break myself out of that conditioning and it's hard work. I'm used to it. Used to not taking risks because if I do I fail. Yet, at the same time if I don't take the risks, I've already failed.
So in an attempt to break this vicious thought cycle I have with myself I've DONE something.
For a while I was making jewelry for myself and a few friends. They'd pay for the supplies, I'd whip up the little something they wanted. A few people asked me if I was selling them I said "no" or "eventually". Well "eventually" is here. I set up an Etsy account as a seller this evening and I took a huge (scary) step. I posted two items for sale. Now I sit, gnaw on my nails, and hope that someone likes what I've done enough to spend money they've worked hard to get on it.
We'll see.
If you're interested, or just curious about what I've gone and done, you can see the etsy shop here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/patchworkurchin. I'd be interested to know what you think.
Which got me to thinking.
I've been making little bits of jewelry here and there, mostly for myself and friends, but with the ultimate goal to sell them. I've just been afraid. Why? Rejection of course. You see, I have this terrible terrible fear that people are going to reject me because of something I do, or not do as the case may be. It will mean that I've failed and I try very hard to avoid failure, but it's been conditioned into me that everything I do... fails.
I am absolutely trying to break myself out of that conditioning and it's hard work. I'm used to it. Used to not taking risks because if I do I fail. Yet, at the same time if I don't take the risks, I've already failed.
So in an attempt to break this vicious thought cycle I have with myself I've DONE something.
For a while I was making jewelry for myself and a few friends. They'd pay for the supplies, I'd whip up the little something they wanted. A few people asked me if I was selling them I said "no" or "eventually". Well "eventually" is here. I set up an Etsy account as a seller this evening and I took a huge (scary) step. I posted two items for sale. Now I sit, gnaw on my nails, and hope that someone likes what I've done enough to spend money they've worked hard to get on it.
We'll see.
If you're interested, or just curious about what I've gone and done, you can see the etsy shop here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/patchworkurchin. I'd be interested to know what you think.