Screw Following Your Passion and Do What Hurts Instead
Good things happen when we follow our blisters
2:58.
I looked at the clock again.
2:59.
Fumbling. I logged into email and clicked on the Zoom link and was immediately met with 53 faces who scared the breath outta me.
My assignment was simple: for 30, I’d share my story and provide some tips to help already-tall writers grow in a new field.
If you’ve read anything from me in the past, you’re probably aware I’m not a big fan of groups larger than two. You may have also read that I’m definitely not big into Zoom. Add in the fact that the audience was a group of seriously accomplished people, and it led to the perfect trifecta of me cursing the name of the man who’d invited me to speak.
I couldn’t tell you much about what I said. Once I get started, I have a tendency to blackout. But something interesting happened when the clock struck done. Despite not knowing if I’d done a good job or not, I felt like I’d won.
If you want to find your bliss, follow your blisters
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