The Process of Process, part 1

Ideas come and go but some just stick with ya. I always come up with interesting and fun things to do... or so they seem at the time of inspiration. The idea is the easy part... putting into practice is something entirely different... for me anyway.

I've had this idea for a while... for years actually and have never got past the development phase. I love food - everything about it. I love to talk about it, try new ones, cook it, share it, you name it. It would seem a likely conclusion that I would start to put together a cookbook with all the recipes I've collected and devised over the years. I have a few ideas for different cookbooks in fact.

So why on earth can't I get started??

I'm a smart chic, I have skillz and I now have time. The resources are coming together, folks have offered to help in various capacities and I have support up the wazoo. So what's the problem?

The only thing I can think of is fear of failure or being judged. But I don't think that's really it. It's the passion that's missing. When I feel passionate about something, there's no stopping me - failure is not an option.

So how do I find the passion?

Friends have suggested I just get started and the passion will find me. Honestly, I feel like a little kid screaming, "I don't wanna, I don't wanna!" Maybe I'm just scared of the whole process because the task is overwhelming. I know, I know - take it one step at a time.

So here's my first step:

I want to start a blog about putting the cookbook together. Rather than put it all here, I've been trying to come up with a new name for the blog and am just clueless. I figured this would be the easiest part but it seems this is the key to me getting started. I could be wrong. Perhaps I'll come up with another excuse for not doing what I set out to do.

As some of my LOA friends would say, "if your having trouble getting started, you're not in alignment with it."

Uhhh... duh!

I recall hearing "if you're unclear about what to do, the next step is to do nothing."

So that's my excuse... I'm unclear and can't find the passion, other than write about the process of the process. Until then, I'll keep processing until I process.