Inspiration Tuesday #4 - Living on Fifty

Welcome to Inspiration Tuesday #4!

Last week, we talked about keeping life in perspective (you can view last week’s here). So tell me, what happened during last week that you were able to keep in perspective?

For me, it was just a small thing – my dog ran down the stairs and bumped me while I was holding a soda and my daughter. Of course, I dropped the soda rather than my daughter to keep from falling down the stairs, but it made a huge mess! I had just steam cleaned the basement carpet the day before, and I was livid!

For a bit, I had forgotten about last week’s Inspiration, but after she went to bed, and I sat down at my computer to get some work done, I saw my desktop background: “Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In 5 years, will this matter?”

Sure, I’ll spend an hour steam cleaning the carpet again, but I won’t remember doing it in a week, much less in 5 years.

So, what were you able to keep in perspective last week?

At first, I was terrified to start a blog.

What if people didn’t like what I had to say?

What if I didn’t even have enough to say?

But mostly, what would my family think if I’m writing about finance, family, and how everything relates to money in the end?

But I did it anyway. And I don’t claim to be good at it. At best, I’m mediocre. But what I realized was that my desire to keep other people from making the same mistakes I did, and my desire to inspire my readers to do great things far overpowered my fear.

Yes, I’m fascinated by all things relating to business and money. I am enthralled by entrepreneurship, the process of creating something from nothing. Yes, many people think that’s weird.

And no, I haven’t told my immediate family that I blog. My husband is pressuring me to, but I just can’t quite do it yet.

But I’m starting to embrace my weirdness. I’m venturing out into things I’m scared about – places no entrepreneur has gone yet and I scares the crap out of me.

I don’t know yet if I’ll be successful, but I’m happy – which is why I’m sharing this with you:

Take a moment and reflect on yourself. What scares you the most? What are you afraid to reveal to others? What have you wanted to do for so long, but haven’t because you’re afraid of what people will think?