A Wren Says

… if a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

GK Chesterton

There are a lot of things I would like to be able to accomplish, yet I stop myself from moving in those directions because I am not yet skilled in those areas. Why would I try speaking Spanish if I am not fluent yet? Why would I sign up for a race if my lung capacity is abysmal? Why would I take pictures for a fashion blog if my skills are subpar? You see the direction I’m going?

I largely started this site because I thoroughly enjoy the world of fashion, but I have no credentials or even an extensive wardrobe. I have gotten in my head about all of the things I don’t do well (including writing casually for blog content). I am not a professional stylist, so who am I to try and create look books. I am not wealthy and able to shop often, so I can’t even review the styles. I don’t have scenic views for photo ops, nor I am not good at doing makeup and hair. Basically, because anything you want to see on your Instagram for you page is not what I can provide, so I haven’t taken pictures. I stop myself from trying because I know I won’t be able to do it well.

That quote at the top from GK Chesterton has been commuting to and from my brain. It leaves and then comes back to take up shop again. My first experience with it was the altered, “Anything worth doing is worth doing badly… at first.”  The blog for the Society of GK Chesterton analyzes it from the perspective of choosing to begin with the acceptance of poor results. Rather than letting other people take on tasks, you can choose to do the thing, you can choose to try, you can choose to begin. You have to start doing things badly to eventually do them goodly. (Well, spellcheck didn’t flag that, so I guess goodly is in fact a word.)

With that my commitment is to try, to allow myself to fail or even just barely pass. Not because I will be getting the reps in to one day be incredible at it, but because it simply is worth doing. So, I am going to do it.