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Breaking Out of Breaking In
Do you spend a lot of time dreaming about breaking into something? I do. I’ve got a strong imagination for dreaming. I break into Cannes with the first part of my heist trilogy, I break into Netflix with my tv series (that I haven’t started yet), resulting in agents barging down my door etc. etc. etc.
My breaking in list is endless and while I need a certain part of my imagination to be switched on for my writing I don’t think that all of this breaking in dreaming is very constructive in getting me closer to my goals.
Just looking for one second at the semantic, breaking in indicates you’re going somewhere you shouldn’t be, don’t belong or may be in trouble for entering. What do you do once you’ve broken in? If you’re a thief you get in there, get the money and get out again, all without being caught. If you do get caught you get put into a place where there’s no breaking into.
Even if you don’t get caught you’ve got to hide the goods or sell them surreptitiously. Sounds like one constant stream of anxiety to me and I’m not an anxious person.
Maybe this breaking in analogy isn’t as alluring as it sounds. Maybe breaking out is what I should be aiming for.
Here are three reasons I’m aiming to ditch this breaking in mindset:
