You’re ready to launch, to put your creative ideas out into the world, to get your rear in gear. It’s time.

And then – not again(!) – the spinning begins.

I can’t do it yet. It’s not ready.

Who thought this was a good idea?

I need to fix the video. That wording sucks.

Those colors are awful.

The font? Crap, who picked that font. Am I out of my mind?

By now you’ve spun so much you need someone to hold your hair back and you sure as heck have talked yourself right out of progress.

Don’t Be A Thrasher

All this activity is what Seth Godin refers to thrashing. Thrashing happens at the end of a project, just before launch, when all the scared parts of our brain stand up and scream, “You don’t know what the hell you’re doing!”

If we’re not careful, we will start changing things, making new decisions, undoing what’s already been done, and stalling. Forward movement becomes sideways, wonky movement and we get in our own way.

I’ve been thrashing around like a blindfolded crazy person on roller skates, unsure of where I was going or even where I wanted to go with my projects. I’ve been listening to the ‘ole lizard brain sing her tunes; you don’t know what you’re doing, you’re crazy, blah blah blah.

Change Happens When The Need Is Greater Than The Fear

Then, just like that: The need got to be greater than the fear.

The need to move forward, to start, to make things different got to be more important than the stories I was telling myself that caused Atkins Thrashdom 2010.  (I like to name the things that bug me. Some names I can repeat…)

The roller skates and blindfold are gone, traded for running shoes, a Harley (this would be a metaphorical one),  and a Life Is Good ball cap that goes especially well with my Dr. Pepper pajama pants.

ProsperHer is up and going. I invite you to come along for the ride. It’s gonna be damn fun.

If you are thrashing do this:

1) own it – thrashing isn’t bad. It’s serving a purpose.

2) figure out what the purpose of it is – to keep you safe? to keep you still? to keep you from doing something you really don’t want to do?

3) if you’re ready to stop thrashing, stop your sucky thinking in it’s tracks and figure out what you need. Yes, it’s ok for you to need, Gertrude. You’re allowed. Own that, too.

Change happens when the need is greater than the fear, so GO. Figure out what you need, what you want.

Make your life move like you want it to. And don’t forget  to own your power or someone else will.

Want to comment? Go for it. Tell about a time when you made change that got you past spinny, thrashing fear. Inquiring, brilliant ProsperHer minds want to know…