Im 13 Yeras OLD And Will be Swimming The English Channle.. Literly.
Next Year In July..!
Im Very Scared But Its A Life Ambition.. x

Oh – and thanks for your great work on revamping my Comments section here. For others – Adam is the dude who customized this website and does magical techie tasks for me – promptly, professionally and with a gorgeous smile. Which is one way that I reduce my procrastination time (you know, the “Ah… I’ll just learn how to use this and that software” which roughly translates as “Excellent, another ‘worthy’ reason not to write my book”.) See the following blog post, Life Is Too Short To Procrastinate, for more on how important it is for us to shine a light on such cunning strategies.
.-= Corrina´s last blog ..Life Is Too Short To Procrastinate =-.

Isn’t it funny, how all ideas are just tiny little sparks until they get encouraged, and fanned into action? And from there, they sometimes catch on like wildfires.

My situation—and I doubt I’m alone in this—is that I generate oodles and oodles of ideas all the time! Taking action on each of them would mean I’d be constantly swamped. A big part of my journey has been to not discount ideas as they come, but to write them down, and tend them like a garden. Some will obviously die off, because they sounded great in the moment, but have no staying power. And others will continue to grow, get added to, and develop into full-fledged ventures (such as my current business, Bright Coconut!).

Oh, and how where do I keep all these ideas? Evernote! (I will convert you on this one, at some point, C!)

Again, great post.
.-= Adam Kayce´s last blog ..Fast, Good, and Cheap: Can You Have All Three? =-.

@Jude – Yes interesting how we can think that ‘sitting on’ ideas means they disappear but actually maybe sometimes they have a life on their own and ‘sitting on’ can be a kind of gestation! I’m not at all surprised that people want to help you – you are emerging as a true leader and your project ideas are inspirational. Do feel free to post details of your work here with the comments – maybe other readers here would like to get involved too…

@Rachel – Ah yes, that backside-kicking-into-action need Love that you’ve thrown in the Nemo quote because often with great inspirational ideas, they can feel so HUGE that we think we can’t start but actually one step (or stroke!) after one step and we find we’re getting there. I am very much looking forward to seeing you at the workshop in October!

I’ve just read your ‘Swim the Channel’ blog and since you’ve asked for feedback (and you said you always liked my comments) here’s mine:

In answer to your question I found your blog all of the mentioned adjectives – helpful, Irritating, Inspiring, and Challenging.

Helpful because it made me stop and think that my ideas and dreams would only become a reality if I kick my backside into action.

Irritating as it reminded me that my terrible procrastion and fear of failure and success once again rears its ugly head.

Inspiring because you just radiate it – a shining example of how I too want to take the courage to follow my passion

and

Challenging as with anything new, the unknown is a scary, yet exciting place that stimulates the grey matter to another dimension.

Needless to say you can see why I’m joining you for your Kickstart your Venture workshop. So be warned, you’ll have you\\\\\\\’re work cut out for you transforming my dream venture into a reality.

Till then, as Nemo say’s ………’just keep swimming, just keep swimming’

See you in October

Sunshine and smiles to you

Rachel x

I’ve had 2 ideas in my head for months and I’ve recently kicked them into action. One is a coaching cafe for women to come together and discuss a topic and see what they learn from each other, with some coaching thrown in for added learning. I launch my first one as a pilot on 17th Jul.

My second idea which is still developing is to get old people out of their homes, come together as a community, share their wisdom and release their joy. I’m not sure yet how I do this and I do know it is desperately needed.

So yes, it’s important that ideas turn into actions. I sat on these for months and they have only grown in importance. The biggest thing is knowing how to execute the idea and getting people to help me shape it. The more I ask people for help though, the more they are willing to help me turn them into real actions.

I like how the swimming idea turned into something bigger than the original idea because of the collaborative effort by everyone involved. I really think we achieve more when we work together.

I LOVE ideas. I also love putting them into action. I think it is so good to nurture your ideas, in a creative, imaginative and exciting way so they can become a reality…

I’m going to get scribing tonight my favourtie ideas I want to act on!

Thanks for the inspiration!

Rosanna