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Dear Reader,
I do some of my best work when I'm fed up with myself. But before I can get down to business, sometimes I need to fret and worry a little bit: It won't be good enough, or I won't do it right; I should do more of this or more of that; What if I can't figure out all of the answers? I think everything through, and then I rethink it all over again. The tape keeps going around and around in my mind. Sometimes for so long that I'm paralyzed with worry and fear, and I need to lie down and regroup. But finally I get disgusted with myself--I decide that enough is enough--and I attend to the task at hand, and enjoy it.
Could I have done it without all the fret and misery? Probably. Would I have been able to do as good of a job, if I did it right away, without all the fuss? I don't think so.
I've recognized that part of what makes me able to accomplish the things I do, are the little rituals that I perform before I get started. Granted, some of the nuances might look like a big waste of time to someone looking over my shoulder, but they help me get grounded, and that's when I do my best work. When I get rid of all of the frill and pomp and circumstance in my mind, and I just sit down and tell it like it is.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
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