just do it.

"the most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. the fears are paper tigers. you can do anything you decide to do. you can act to change and control your life and the procedure, the process, is its own reward."

- amelia earnhart

i have always envied people with the drive, motivation, and perseverance that i lack. i mostly enjoy being a type B personality except for my slackness. i'm not sure, is it laziness or fear that keeps me from following through on the great plans i have for myself? i can dream them up, i know why they'll be beneficial to me and how to execute them. i just don't. what is stopping me? what is holding me back? i don't want to live a life with regret, wishing i had done things i hadn't for no good reason. i have a sense of purpose. i need to follow it.

the fears are paper tigers.

good winter

what might have been lost...

bon iver is consuming me. his album, "for emma, forever ago" is incredible, absolutely blowing my mind. i want to share it with the people at work who make fun of his name but i am afraid if they don't like him it'll break my heart.

an excerpt from his myspace bio that says it better than i can:

For Emma's tracks consist of thick layers draped in lush choral walls, with rarely more than an ancient acoustic guitar or the occasional bass drum providing structure. Vernon sings the majority of the record in falsetto, which painfully expresses the meanings behind its overt, yet strangely entangled words. This newfound vocal path acts as each song's main character and source of melody.