It can be hard to step out of your comfort zone, and sometimes perfectionism keeps us squarely in it. In this episode, Janine and Shannon discuss a project that has Janine stepping way out of her comfort zone and how she’s trying hard to not let perfectionism get in the way.
Discussion topics include:
- How Janine is stepping out of her comfort zone with the publication and marketing of her new Orderly Roots genealogy guide
- Shannon’s attempts to help Janine reframe her thinking about sales
- How perfectionism fits into Janine’s discomfort
- The difficulty in calling a writing project finished
- The physiological effect of the stress of going out of your comfort zone
- Figuring out what tasks merit spending more time
- Shannon’s introduction of a stressor Janine hadn’t even thought of. (Thanks, Shannon.)
- The podcast’s upcoming third anniversary
- Janine’s enjoyment of being new in a field and her transition into acknowledging herself as an expert
- Shannon’s insight that Janine’s enjoyment of being new means she likes getting out of her comfort zone
- The joy of having a challenge that you don’t know you can achieve, something Shannon and Janine both love
- How perfectionism can get in the way of rising to certain challenges
- How Shannon went from being an adamant non-runner to finishing the Boston Marathon four years later
- Shannon’s husband Mike’s rising to the challenge of knitting socks.
Links:
- Molly Winters, the marketing copywriter Janine hired
- The sales pages for Janine’s new Orderly Roots Bundle and new guide, How I Do It: A Professional Organizer’s Genealogy Workflow
- Episode 35: Hobbies
