Challenge 14: Figure out what my book is about

January 26, 2010

So Lily left yesterday and although I was sad to see her go, it was also kind of like "no big deal...see you in a couple weeks." The feeling is so exciting. Living with her back in Santa Barbara was one of the most fun times of my life, and I'm so excited to have her a stone's throw away. Dream come true.

Today is another rainy day, but the sky is clear, so I have a feeling it'll let up soon. I woke up to the sound of Bucket the cat's jingle jangle collar. I feel lucky that he wakes us up at 8am now, instead of 6 or 7. Maybe in another 6 months he'll let us sleep until after 9. And with the jingle jangle collar comes the dog, sticking his wet nose in our faces. Next thing I knew, I was out walking Coach in the rain at 8:30 this morning. I've come to love being up at that time.

Breakfast and tea in my belly (and a slice of cheesecake) and I'm reading for my coaching call. I have a call with my coach, then a call with a client. Then pick Isabel up from school, etc etc.

I just got off the phone with my coach and it's so funny because most of what we talked about is what sparked this blog. My feeling of perpetually letting myself off the hook, fear of failing so hence lack of trying, and instead bouncing around from thing to thing, from project to project. And it was ironic because this was the last call with this coach. I decided that I needed a different coach (i.e. didn't follow through with this one, bounced around to the next thing). The feeling I have is a sense of panic that if I don't change my ways, then I will be incredibly regretful. If I don't start taking those steps to those big dreams I've had, then it will just eat away at me. It already is. I just end up feeling bad and beating myself up.

So today I'm going to put in some good time trying to figure out what I want my book to be about. I have tons of ideas, but not one to focus on. So that's my challenge. Oh...also, I forgot to start a weekly challenge yesterday. It's going to be no cracking my knuckles for a whole week. YIKES!

Challenge: Figure out what my book is about
Weekly challenge: No cracking knuckles

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