Comments on: Keeping the Gremlins at Bay

By: Kevin Incorvia

Kevin Incorvia — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:01:14 +0000

I know a lot of people that become over planners in these situations, and I know others that become interested in other paths, right as they are about to make it big. It seems that the big thing is that we have to step outside our comfort zone, put the ego aside and just do it. Making a habit of expanding your comfort zone also helps.

By: Anna Goldstein

Anna Goldstein — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:38:54 +0000

As you reach for your highest goal, you face you biggest challenges….

By: aimee

aimee — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:46:34 +0000

gremlins and micromovements. you’ve just added two FABULOUS new words to my vocabulary! thank you!

By: Eliza

Eliza — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:58:50 +0000

yes, those stinky little gremlins…those guys show up for me all the time. Sometimes I don’t get rid of them and they just hang out and we procrastinate together all day long, you know, check the email a million times, watch you tube videos, eat crap and get snappy with our significant other. But then sometimes I remember that I have some pretty powerful tools in my pocket to work with the gremlins/inner critic, letting them be as they are, but not letting them get in the way of my getting things done. I usually try to take them to the mat, unroll the sticky and focus on opening my heart and relaxing into my own body through yoga. Sometimes this works wonders. Sometimes I have to get out of the house completely and go for a walk and let that kind of brisk movement actually help move me through my stuck-ness…come to think of it, maybe that is what I should go do right now….thanks for this question!

By: Ana

Ana — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:49:19 +0000

Thanks for sharing this, Jenn. What a great observation that gremlins tend to come up when you get closer to realizing big, beautiful dreams.

I think of my gremlins as playground bullies that don’t want to see anyone else succeed. Then I start to feel a little sorry for them, and that compassion shifts my energy to more positive mindsets.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:21:57 +0000

Love this Jenn and love you – I completely champion you and this project so know that

I’ve discovered this weekend that focused steps truly do keep the gremlin at bay and, in fact, weaken it. As a visionary, I tend to get ideas faster than a snow storm drops snow flakes in Michigan and when I get an idea, I see it as whole. It’s done already. To begin the steps toward that wholeness feels so small in comparison and the journey begins to look daunting. Why can’t I just leave it whole in my vision, my pretty picture, my imagination of what’s possible? Well, the fact is that when I do that, the idea gets to stay whole but unmanifested and my gremlin can beat me up for never achieving anything. So, small steps it is…micromovements ROCK! It takes a lot of little notes to make a song!

By: j-a brock

j-a brock — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:30:07 +0000

I hear ya on those gremlins! Funny how just when you think you’re beyond them, they pop up.
Mine seem to work in similar ways to yours, and my way of handling them is also to do those little things like drafting unpleasant emails so that they’re not so daunting. I also print out the manuscript, clean off my desk or table and set out my pen and notebook so it’s all there for me to sit down and start work. Then when I have a few spare moments or am walking past to do something else, I tell myself I’ll only do a few minutes of it first. Seems to work.
And of course, keeping in creative networks is inspiring and invaluable.