Alice Cove-Smith: If confidence crumbles, dig deeper

Alice Cove-Smith is a writer, first and foremost.

Recently, I've had trouble keeping myself motivated. As a writer first and foremost, I always jump the gun when I get the next good idea. Motivation can be a super difficult aspect of life to accomplish. It's not something you can just obtain.

This was what I discovered recently when I attempted to engage in writing again. I had the best inspiration ever, and I was writing a script. Well, I was until I got stuck in a rut, and an immense panic attack ensued. I honestly thought it wasn't good enough, and that my masterpiece was going to crumble, as had my previous works, now ghostly skeletons in a computer database.

Maybe it was just cold feet leading up to Christmas, but whatever the reason, I couldn't budge my brain.

However, kind words and positive encouragement helped me through and I am now busy working on it again.

Sometimes our fears and high expectations can stop us from being motivated.

This may be particularly true of us in this age where, in the lead up to Christmas and the dawning of a new year, we get a bit scrambled and excited and maybe lose track of our goals.

That's okay. But I guess what my overall point is here is don't lose sight of your dreams. Keep working, however hard it gets, and some day you may just achieve the impossible.

It's far too easy to bury your head in the sand and forget about doing this or that, but you might just regret it if you don't.

Especially with 2015 in sight, don't forget to reach for the skies and do something good, with the motivation and drive to go for gold.