I find it interesting that it\u2019s when I\u2019m not writing my blog posts that I\u2019m most aware of what direction I want my blog to take. But because I don\u2019t have the time to think and write as I want to do, I occasionally produce no posts at all.<\/p>\n

The last couple of months have been well filled with assignments, numerous meetings, personal commitments and most discouraging, several weeks of on-going illness. As a result, I did not get to the regular morning reading and journaling that feeds my heart and sets some routine for writing posts. When I try to force something through the keyboard onto the monitor before me, all I feel is anxiety and frustration that I\u2019m just trying to \u201cgit \u2018er done\u201d without regard to the direction I want it to go.<\/p>\n

At the same time, it\u2019s the process of pushing the words across the screen that gets the job done. One of the curses of perfectionism is that waiting for the time and circumstances to get it \u201cright\u201d often means not getting something done at all.<\/p>\n

Of course, I know that my posts are neither perfect nor earth-shaking in anyone\u2019s life. But I challenge you to find any writer who doesn\u2019t have such grandiose thoughts of changing lives before starting to fill a page. The same for a painter, who wants to stir hearts before placing a canvas on an easel. Or a chef who wants to wow palettes when selecting a menu and its ingredients.<\/p>\n

The key for a creator is to stop perfectionism from derailing the process before it even gets started.<\/p>\n

Charles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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