A Tough Love Letter

One of my favorite bloggers, Becka, does this awesome series every week called "Coffee Cup Chats" that I absolutely love reading. Today I was going through them and reading some of the ones I had missed and rereading some of the really inspirational/life lesson ones and came across this:

For Everyone Not Yet Doing What They Love (Alternative title: A Tough Love Letter)

I have friends, too many friends, who are talented at something they enjoy. So talented that they could make money doing the thing they enjoy. Are they doing it? No. Have they been talking about doing it for months/years/since we've met? Yup. 

So then what is the hold up? The hold up is that they always have a reason why they aren't doing that thing yet. They aren't ready. They need to do more work on it first. This isn't the right time. Maybe next fall... 

Believe me, I totally get it. I'm the biggest perfectionist you'll ever meet. I want full creative control over every aspect of my life at all times and I hate putting something out there before I feel that it's 100% how I want it. But in life, you've got to sometimes roll with it. And that means sacrificing your perceived ideas of perfection in order to GET SOMETHING OUT THERE. Just start. For the love of God, put something together and start. Make it happen. 

.....you can finish reading it here, and I strongly suggest that you do! It has changed my way of thinking and acting for my life, and I can only see it going up from here. 

And, for anyone wondering, I am still enjoying the beautiful city of Los Angeles. I never would have guessed I would be able to sit by my pool posting in short sleeves comfortably, on Christmas Eve, but I am. 

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