Where to Begin... Again.

"Work with schools" by New York Public Library via Flickr

I spend too much thinking about what I should call something than actually doing something. For example, I would like to have a great name and focus for a new blog. I keep tossing around ideas, rather than writing the blog I already started. You know, this one.

I also often think about owning a tea house, a home decor store, a jewelry shop, and so many more things. But, if I can't come up with a name for it, I can't delve into the nuts and bolts of what that business would be. Why is that? Would a baby without a name not grow and thrive and do the things he or she was meant to do? (But, what would we call him or her? How would he or she know himself or herself? Hmmm?)

I have an equally difficult time trying to write without a specific topic or concept in mind. Free writing is apparently not an option. I need to know where to start. I want a fully formed idea to appear in my head. (I'm looking at you, J.K. Rowling. If only that were the case for me. If only.)

Perhaps if I write in this blog, other ideas will form organically. Well, it's a start.

Do the work and the rest will start to make sense.

How do you begin? Do you need a name or a topic, or do you just JUMP IN?