Comments on: How dare she?

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:35:34 +0000

Hi RC! Just keep rambling along!

By: RC - Rambling Along...

RC - Rambling Along... — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:27:30 +0000

“One of my biggest fears is to try and to fail, not because I mind so much not achieving whatever goal it was but because it means that voice, the one that says “How dare she?” is right.”

This is completely me. And the reason I have a hard time moving forward at times. Frustrating, and something I always need to work on… I need to tell my inner voice to “go suck an egg” more often.
RC – Rambling Along…´s last blog ..Truly blessed

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:07:10 +0000

Hi Renee! You know it’s funny, I get loads of support for goals I never wanted in the first place but I think many people don’t understand what it is that I do. Which I suppose is understandable because I just huff and puff and roll my eyes at them when they ask.

Heh.

Hi Adrenalynn, better yet fly me out and I’ll read it to you every day and then we’ll go out dancing with the little man. I still laugh every time I think of that video of him dancing in the streets. You must be amazing to have a kid that cool.

Hi Mike! Good to see you! I must warn you, not all my posts are so coherent. A lot of them involve me taking canned meats out of the cans and taking pictures. This is why the whole “what will I do when I hit the A-list” problem is academic for me.
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By: Mike CJ

Mike CJ — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:19:34 +0000

One of the nicest things about this blogging world of ours is that almost every day I seem to be able to find a blog I haven’t seen before, and which I want to read in future. This is my blog of the day!

The only thing I would add to your post is how much easier it is to “dare” when your significant other is fully supportive of whatever it is you’re daring to do. I’m lucky in that way.
Mike CJ´s last blog ..Why I’m So Disappointed in Some A List Bloggers

By: Adventurous Wench travel store

Adventurous Wench travel store — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:18:17 +0000

As I read your post I was reminded of Rilke’s words. “Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.” Good post Tracy!

By: Adrenalynn

Adrenalynn — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:27:00 +0000

This is so well written and true- I think I might have to read this post aloud to myself every day. Do you think it’ll sink in eventually?
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By: Renée

Renée — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:08:55 +0000

My voice doesn’t say “How dare she?” but instead, “You think _you_ could do something like that?” while it chuckles disdainfully.

Ironically, the people in my life have been very supportive of my goals and just assume that I will achieve them. So there’s a little pressure there–the downside of support, I guess.

I think having the courage to try, is so incredibly important. Even when I haven’t succeeded with a goal, I’ve learned something valuable that I needed to know. But I was scared to try for a long time and it feels good not to be afraid of trying now. (Although, that’s led to new fears!)

Anyway, congrats for trying and for telling those voices to STFU! (Love that!)

-Shades/Renée
Renée´s last blog ..Rats?

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:48:42 +0000

@Natural Can you imagine how much great literature we’ve deprived the world of because we are content to publish in our head. Why are we so selfish!

@Lisis, thank you so much! And I’ve been so lousy about commenting these past weeks, too. So much for summer of mad productivity. It’s okay though, I learned that I do not work well with four needy children around the house (#2 went off on a European vacation with the grandmas this year. Spoiled little booger). This is important information for me to know going forward.

@Guy EEK! Out of my head, I totally used to be able to DO EVERYTHING if I WANTED to, but you know I wasn’t so uncool to be wanting to DO things like some sort of schmucky thing doer.

What is it they say? Fail faster? Other people (the ones we want to worry about) remember our successes, we’re the ones that dwell on our failures.

Hi Zeenat! Thanks, I was just thinking today that maybe I take myself too seriously then realized, you know what? I really do not. Go ahead and let your nuttiness flow freely!

By: Zeenat-Positive Provocations

Zeenat-Positive Provocations — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:27:49 +0000

Wow…i like the go suck and egg advice…will surely work for my weird oh so weird expectations of myself. I might just end up getting somewhere with my own needs …
i love your nuttiness Tracy….inspires me to voice out mine too. Don’t let your nuttiness go anywhere…we all need a dose of it!
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By: Guy

Guy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:24:32 +0000

I often look in the mirror and tell myself I am a big,beautiful black woman. Except I’m not, and am unlikely to be without a great deal of money, painful surgery and a name with more syllables.

I have always been quite lucky and had the belief I could do anything I wanted. Unfortunately I think this may have held me back, as that belief was enough and I never actually had to do much. I could just I COULD do ‘that’ if I WANTED to. Later I realized you actually had to do some work and take some risks to actually ACHIEVE anything rather than just believe that you could.

I have just started of a business that has got off to a terrible start, a blog that didn’t really get anywhere but that just encourages me to keep trying….I think….

But more importantly I bought a new alarm clock yesterday that is radio controlled , you know sets itself to an atomic clock, so will lose less than a second every 1000 years. WTF! Would you buy a watch/clock because in a 1000 years it still be the right time? what kind of selling point is that for a £10 clock. Oh and it glows green!