Category: Book Publishing

Midlife hindsight is 20/20

photo of legs stretched out
Accidental photo not in focus. Like accidentally thinking things are more difficult than they are.

 

Midlife hindsight is 20/20. If we knew then what we know now, boy would our lives be different.

The echo of this wisdom is painfully obvious.

Self publishing for the first time seems overwhelming and something reserved for special, talented people.

Self publishing the second time is going to be a breeze.

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Thirty years for the author to finally write the first sentence

Mid Life Celebration first edition finished title page
Mid Life Celebration first edition finished at 130 pages (Sept 5, 2013)

 

Mid Life Celebration took 34 years, mostly because the first sentence took 30. Another two years to write. Two more to overcome the fear of shipping, and now another 100 days (estimate) for Xulon Press to publish.

Here is to hoping December 15, 2013 becomes a milestone day.

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The 1979 promise has been fulfilled

Two people walking through a door
From 1979 to 2013 = 34 years to walk through this door

 

The 1979 promise has been fulfilled. And more than anything else the overwhelming realization that potential regret has been washed away, leaving a peaceful, indescribable feeling.

This is the DNA of Mid Life Celebration. Living without regret.

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As it is written, so too shall it now be called finished

enter and delete keys on macbook
In the end, we either do things or we do not

 

The book is done. It is written. It feels amazing. Finally.

A huge milestone, 34 years in the making.

Fear has been conquered. And the attachment to success is no longer important.

What is important is that the 1979 promise has been fulfilled.

And yes, I realize that there can be attachment to promises.

Not feeling any attachment to attachment right now.

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The funniest thing about the topic of fear

Central Florida early morning sunrise
Walking home after a run at sunrise, spotted something in the grass

 

Central Florida early morning sunrise
The odds of spotting this tiny spider and it’s web are nearly impossible

 

Central Florida early morning sunrise
Once you discover something hidden, it becomes so obvious (and beautiful)

 

The funniest thing about the topic of fear? And just to level set, do you recall the last time you felt you learned something new about fear?

Is it even on the radar?

And when you learned more about fear what happened to you?

So after speaking with my book production representative (for the first time) yesterday it happened. A realization about the overwhelming fear I have been carrying for so long.

Publishing a book is not that difficult.

But for years and years it seemed impossible.

Hoping you find a nugget in this post. I see it. Can you?

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