Comments on: The Chase http://www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/2009/10/the-chase/ Ivy league Insecurites Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:23:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Issac Maez http://www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/2009/10/the-chase/#comment-2662 Issac Maez Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:30:04 +0000 http://ivyleagueinsecurities.com/?p=2705#comment-2662 I was searching for photography when I found your site. Excellent post. Thank You. I was searching for photography when I found your site. Excellent post. Thank You.

]]> By: Pages of Your Life « ivy league insecurities http://www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/2009/10/the-chase/#comment-1555 Pages of Your Life « ivy league insecurities Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:27:12 +0000 http://ivyleagueinsecurities.com/?p=2705#comment-1555 [...] this post is not about pre-publication anxiety. Not this one. I have written about that before. And I will again because that anxiety is already playing louder than the Christmas music I listen [...] [...] this post is not about pre-publication anxiety. Not this one. I have written about that before. And I will again because that anxiety is already playing louder than the Christmas music I listen [...]

]]> By: Lee of MWOB http://www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/2009/10/the-chase/#comment-767 Lee of MWOB Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:48:57 +0000 http://ivyleagueinsecurities.com/?p=2705#comment-767 Well right on. You came by today and left a nice comment on my post and here I am reading all about you and your glorious life as a lawyer turned writer chasing the dream. I love it. My sister is an attorney who abruptly left her corporate law job a year and half ago to chase her dream. But she doesn't exactly know what the dream is....but she's finding out. This post really spoke to me - about the fear of failure and the fear of success and once we've lived our dream, then what? I have a similar problem I think....although like my sis, my dream is hard to define on certain days. I envy you for knowing what yours is....clear and true. Jump into the security of that. Well, I have to say I will now be checking in on your blog and will await news of your published book so I can read it. Congrats....you are living your dream already. Awesome. Well right on. You came by today and left a nice comment on my post and here I am reading all about you and your glorious life as a lawyer turned writer chasing the dream. I love it. My sister is an attorney who abruptly left her corporate law job a year and half ago to chase her dream. But she doesn’t exactly know what the dream is….but she’s finding out.

This post really spoke to me – about the fear of failure and the fear of success and once we’ve lived our dream, then what? I have a similar problem I think….although like my sis, my dream is hard to define on certain days. I envy you for knowing what yours is….clear and true. Jump into the security of that.

Well, I have to say I will now be checking in on your blog and will await news of your published book so I can read it.

Congrats….you are living your dream already. Awesome.

]]> By: Michelle | When I Grow Up Coach http://www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/2009/10/the-chase/#comment-762 Michelle | When I Grow Up Coach Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:49:10 +0000 http://ivyleagueinsecurities.com/?p=2705#comment-762 Gorgeous, gorgeous. I can see that line as a reminder on your computer or over your desk: “I am leaving to chase a persistent dream.” Maybe the uncomfortableness comes from not chasing any more? Gorgeous, gorgeous. I can see that line as a reminder on your computer or over your desk: “I am leaving to chase a persistent dream.”

Maybe the uncomfortableness comes from not chasing any more?

]]> By: Kate Temple-West http://www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/2009/10/the-chase/#comment-759 Kate Temple-West Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:10:25 +0000 http://ivyleagueinsecurities.com/?p=2705#comment-759 This is a great honest post. Appreciate it deeply and have experienced a similar emotional pattern with submitting my plays. Stumbled on this Rilke quote recently, 'Without resistance, there would be no movement.' This is a great honest post. Appreciate it deeply and have experienced a similar emotional pattern with submitting my plays. Stumbled on this Rilke quote recently, ‘Without resistance, there would be no movement.’

]]> By: Danielle-Lee http://www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/2009/10/the-chase/#comment-758 Danielle-Lee Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:01:40 +0000 http://ivyleagueinsecurities.com/?p=2705#comment-758 I can only imagine what all these feelings and emotions are doing to you. I find it very logical that you are scared to finish, scared to see your results, scared to see how others will react. But honey, I read your post about your book, and I'm telling you right now, YOUR BOOK WILL BE A SMASHING SUCCESS. And you? You will be so damn wonderful through it all. From all that I have read here, you are smart, strong, & fantastic with words. And more words will come, I can feel it. Tell me when the book is close to being available-I will do a review for you, I will promote the shit out of it on Twitter, w/ my IRL friends who read a ton like I do, etc. I GOT YOUR BACK, honey. ;) I can only imagine what all these feelings and emotions are doing to you. I find it very logical that you are scared to finish, scared to see your results, scared to see how others will react. But honey, I read your post about your book, and I’m telling you right now, YOUR BOOK WILL BE A SMASHING SUCCESS. And you? You will be so damn wonderful through it all. From all that I have read here, you are smart, strong, & fantastic with words. And more words will come, I can feel it.
Tell me when the book is close to being available-I will do a review for you, I will promote the shit out of it on Twitter, w/ my IRL friends who read a ton like I do, etc. I GOT YOUR BACK, honey. ;)

]]> By: nic @mybottlesup http://www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/2009/10/the-chase/#comment-757 nic @mybottlesup Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:03:45 +0000 http://ivyleagueinsecurities.com/?p=2705#comment-757 i'm too spent to write you an appropriate response to this beautiful post of your's..... but i just wanted to write something, so that you know you are heard. and i will hold your hand. i’m too spent to write you an appropriate response to this beautiful post of your’s….. but i just wanted to write something, so that you know you are heard.

and i will hold your hand.

]]> By: Allison http://www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/2009/10/the-chase/#comment-756 Allison Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:07:52 +0000 http://ivyleagueinsecurities.com/?p=2705#comment-756 I totally get that. I haven't come close to finishing anything publishable like you have, but just those critique sessions in my creative writing classes were enough to tempt me to smuggle a flask into the classroom. I can't handle it if I think of those comments -- even the positive ones -- as "my" words. I distance myself. Block the part of my mind that the story came from. Even harder is letting my family read my stories. It's good that you're acknowledging this. And that you're affirming even when you're panicking. And for what it's worth, I'm looking forward to reading your book next summer. If it's got any of the heart and honesty in your posts, I'm sure I'll love it. :) I totally get that. I haven’t come close to finishing anything publishable like you have, but just those critique sessions in my creative writing classes were enough to tempt me to smuggle a flask into the classroom. I can’t handle it if I think of those comments — even the positive ones — as “my” words. I distance myself. Block the part of my mind that the story came from. Even harder is letting my family read my stories.

It’s good that you’re acknowledging this. And that you’re affirming even when you’re panicking. And for what it’s worth, I’m looking forward to reading your book next summer. If it’s got any of the heart and honesty in your posts, I’m sure I’ll love it. :)

]]> By: Bookdwarf » It’s a Link Sort of Day http://www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/2009/10/the-chase/#comment-755 Bookdwarf » It’s a Link Sort of Day Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:36:31 +0000 http://ivyleagueinsecurities.com/?p=2705#comment-755 [...] interesting post on pre-publication anxiety by an [...] [...] interesting post on pre-publication anxiety by an [...]

]]> By: Ronna Detrick http://www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/2009/10/the-chase/#comment-754 Ronna Detrick Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:45:33 +0000 http://ivyleagueinsecurities.com/?p=2705#comment-754 Both/and: always the reality - at least in realms that matter. LOVE, love, love that you know both - and are willing to share and express it with the rest of us. Beautiful: you. Both/and: always the reality – at least in realms that matter. LOVE, love, love that you know both – and are willing to share and express it with the rest of us. Beautiful: you.

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