In preparing to launch something new have you ever found yourself mired in the millions of details?

I’ve lived there over the last year.

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I’m excited about this blog yet setting up the site and writing created a storm of confusion.  Decisions about the focus, style, layout, article lengths, coding, etc. demanded attention.

I kept asking myself, “How could I know for sure?  What happens if I guess wrong?  What will resonate with my readers?  How will I reach them?  What will keep them coming back?” [Read more…]

I’ve launched into new ventures prematurely and it creates havoc.  I’ve followed too many times the strategy, “Ready, fire, aim”.  I talked about the disaster with my previous blog in the last post.

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Yet, I still kept trying to launch this blog early also.  I’m excited about it and anxious to get going.

But the details are overwhelming.  They just keep popping up like weeds.

So at times I was irritated by the delays, frustrated to launch. [Read more…]

This is from yesterday’s post.  If you haven’t read it already you can here.

Before I launched this blog I determined to not make the same mistakes I had on my first.

When I started that one I spent a month slapping it together and launched.  I thought, “Wow, how hard can this be?”  Bad question.

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I was excited to be underway but  immediately hit challenges.  My site went down—twice.  Once because I used a free theme which turned out to be incompatible.   And the second time because my hosting server crashed.  Eventually I rebuilt it but with enormous effort.

Then I kept floating around trying to figure out what I really wanted to write.  My focus shifted from personal finance, to spirituality, self help to news event commentary.

My style changed from long in-depth pieces to short pithy posts to music videos.

I felt like I was drowning because on top of this each week I needed to come up with additional posts. [Read more…]

“The challenge kicks in for the individual or organization who thinks what they’ve launched is just barely good enough–and it’s not. Prematurely declaring that it’s done means that your incremental improvement doesn’t seem important to anyone else. And so you flop.

Better to make it better than it needs to be.”

Seth Godin

This is from the post yesterday.  If you haven’t already you can read it here.

As I prepare to launch I’m wrestling with the beast of doubt.  He attacks most often in the morning as I sit down in our sunroom to write.  He whispers, “Not today.  You don’t have anything to say.  Nobody is going to read this anyway.”

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I’ve spent a year strategizing the blog.  Thrilled and excited at times.  Frustrated at others.  But always moving forward into what I feel God has called me to.

I’ve fought this beast for the whole time.  Sometimes he slips away only to spring out when I least expect him.

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This is from yesterday’s post.  You can read it here.