Getting serious

I have had some very interesting ocnversations over the past week; it's interesting that when you begin to open yourself to possibilities more seem to show up than you initially thought were available to you. Some of these we bring about ourselves by being proactive, some just seem to fall into your lap because you happened to think of a course of action. Whatever the reason - call it fate if you like - I'm determined to continue a trail of thought that I hope will ensure more and more opportunities drop into my lap in a similar manner.
If I really want to become a writer, I have spent an awful lot of time sitting around thinking about it. Whether it has been fear of failure, fear of success or general feelings of inadaquacy that have caused my procrastination seems nothing more than academic now; I have to start creating openings for myself and stop living in my own utopia where not a jot of hard work will ever be necessary. My thought seems to have been: if I don't work for it, I can always dream that it might happen while never actually confirming or denying my ability.
Time to take a stand and get myself out there. I can't say that I'm not terrified of the results, but I have more of a sense of achievement after a couple of hours than I have ever had in the rest of my life. I have had an idea, now let's see if I can sell it...