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Sue A. Fairchild's avatar

Finishing is hard. It struck me as I read this, though, that if you had simply kept writing one of those manuscripts, you'd be done with possibly several by now. (You know I have to give you a hard time. 😘) Your time will come and then BOOM you'll have several completed projects! I know they're all going to be amazing. ❤️

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Tracy Gerhardt Cooper's avatar

You’re right. No kidding! Hoping to get to the bottom of what the deal is this summer. Fear and distraction are my top two suspects. 😕

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Órla Kenny's avatar

Fear of what?

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Tracy Gerhardt Cooper's avatar

All the fears attached to doing something new and being unsure about it. Fear isn’t always rational.

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Órla Kenny's avatar

Yes, that's why we just need to do it! Bypass the irrational fear and think how cool it will be when the book is published. 😍

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The Gentleman Warrior's avatar

We are of like mind. I love this article. I just posted an article called Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable. You are so right - we need to lean into it to grow.

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Órla Kenny's avatar

Isn't it funny how you'd rather write an article about how uncomfortable you feel about finishing your book rather than finishing the book. :)

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Tracy Gerhardt Cooper's avatar

Tell me about it. Hoping to push through this summer.

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Janice Haburn Shober's avatar

How true. My discomfort is working on Book Two while Book One is being edited, with the work of that edit, and the follow ups needed, also looming in front of me. maintaining focused concentration on the current task...

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