Life is all about chances

I get irked when a former student sends me an email asking a loaded question and expects a fast answer when it requires hours of instruction in return. Creative writing and blogging require time and effort. I understand they have allowed time to lapse to take action, and their incentive has died, but looking for a short-cut indicates how much they value the subject matter and what they’ve been taught.

A pattern I have witnessed is many students do not fulfill commitments made to themselves. They invest in education (writing classes, books, seminars, etc) and then don’t use the tools they’ve been given, or they put it off and implement what they learned in the future when the material is stale, or they make an attempt get discouraged by the labor involved and give up prematurely. Rare is the student who applies what they’ve learned and puts it into practice.

Here’s a caveat to how creativity works– you get an idea and the unknown tempts you but you need to act quickly otherwise the mind sets in a fear of failure that will creep in, scare you, and immobilize you. But if you don’t play the game you’ll miss all the shots. 

In your endeavors, act quickly, trust yourself because there will be someone with you, to celebrate your success and stand by your failures– and that someone is you!