Living on the Edge of Success

Do you have a sixth sense that success is just around one more corner? The next day's post will deliver a check or publishing contract. All you need to do is change something, quit and write full time, apply for a small business loan, move to an office, join a new writer's group, start a new novel. Almost like magic, there is only one more thing to do and then happiness will come knocking at the door.

Life is an evolution, not a destination, success is an action. The problems will never go away, the obstacles will never be overcome, the competition will never step aside, publishers will never suddenly realize they have been overlooking the next sensational author.

I've watched writers waste years waiting to arrive and become a huge success. Small goals are avoided, never celebrated, because the writer is too busy preparing for the big one. The small successes are never enough to make them happy.

List 10 things that are good about now.
List 10 small goals that can be reached in the next year.
List 10 small personal goals for the next year.
List 10 small social goals to achieve in the next year.

Example:
Spend one day at a beach.
Join a writer's group.
Sell an article.
Write a short story.
Pay off X bill.

Be happy now, Enjoy the journey. Enjoy today. Relish the process of being and becoming and create the ability to enjoy happiness in the small things.