When Ideas Are Able To Breathe

In the books on blogging they teach you never to apologize if you haven't written for a while.

But gosh it's been an awfully long time.

I've been writing though.  Just not here. Because as I may have shared before, Quixoting was an enabler.  A counselor.  And a type of therapy.

When I started Quixoting, it was because I needed a place to breathe. And a place to share some ideas that had been sitting around doing a whole lot of nothing.  Taking up space in my mind.  And bringing me down.

Down because I let them sit there.  It was my fault.  I spent too much time longing for their launch and no time actually launching them.

So it was repressive.

So after writing for a year or so here - sometimes with great effort and intent and other times with a lazy attitude - I decided to create an ebook about acting on ideas to summarize everything.

I did that and it felt good.

But once I did that the need to write more here dissipated. I did my job: to launch all the ideas in my idea book in some fashion.

Some here on the blog (so others could act on them) and some in IRL (in real life).

And that has made all the difference.

Because now there's no more longing. Just acting.  And doing.

Since I started writing this blog, I've done some important things, helped a lot of people and delivered against a few dreams that nearly died in my bottom drawer.

If you'd like to see what I've done in my "take action" world, check these out:

Tim's Strategy - Ideas for Job Search, Career and Life

Fix, Build and Drive - Marketing, Brand Development and Business Strategy Consulting

brilliant - Online Marketing, Social Media and Website Development Agency

You can also read more about my portfolio career on Tim's Strategy.

And if I can help you in any way, please let me know.  I've learned a lot about the process of kick starting a new action-oriented life.

Comments

[Andy Foster]

Good stuff Tim. I've got to bookmark your other blogs so I can peak in on them from time to time. Glad to hear all is going well for you!
~Andy

[Tim Tyrell-Smith]

Hey Andy - Great to hear from you and thanks for the nice comment. Yeah it's been a fun, challenging road since HFG. Hope you are doing well and let me know if I can ever help you...