Jump In
Don't Stand on the Sidelines One More Minute
Here’s something else. Did you ever wait for that perfect moment before you jumped in? I used to do that. In fact, I can’t lie, I still do it. But the difference between then and now for me is I realize there is the waiting and then there is the plunging in. I just don’t wait as long to plunge in as I used to do.
I remember writing was one of those things I waited on. The bug to write bit me early on. I remember taking creative writing classes in both the 10th and 11th grades in high school. They weren’t in the same schools, but then I went to 13 schools in the 12 years that I attended. We used to tell ourselves that Army Brats were more well-rounded than civilian kids. I actually got a couple of jobs just because we’d moved around so much. Even as adults, my husband and I ended up moving around a lot. Folks ask me sometimes where I’m from. I tell them nowhere and everywhere.
I don’t know if moving around a lot helped me to be a better channel. It might have.
How so?
(Note my spirit guide, Seth, is speaking now. I’m a psychic channel. I put his stuff in a bold font.)
Hi. Well, I don’t know. One of the things we used to say about ourselves is we could land on our feet most of the time, no matter where you threw us.
Did it feel like that to you?
No. There were several times I sort of shut down, but there was really nowhere else to go than up. So, sometimes I landed on my feet. Sometimes I didn’t. Mostly, though, I think I found it more and more difficult as the years went by to form deeper relationships with people. I think I experienced white hot relationships. There was no real time spent getting to know a person. I just made a decision that I loved you, and we were instant friends. It wasn’t that difficult because all the kids I was with were in the same boat. It wasn’t anything we spent a great deal of time thinking about. It was just how life was. I think when I became an adult, I noticed there was a difference.
Hey, we were talking about jumping in. Could I ask you a question?
Sure.
Did you ever feel like that? When you were busy being incarnated?
Pauline, I do know of what you are talking about. I do realize just how fragile these feelings are. I congratulate you that you feel you have come out the other side.
You don’t think so?
Of course not. But if you think you have done so, who am I to rain on your parade?
Funny, we were talking about parades at the beginning of the article.
Why don’t you tell everyone where you got the idea for the article?
Well, Amy Poehler was talking about improv on her Masterclass. It’s not a long course, just an hour and a half. This was about halfway through all the points she wanted to talk about. I realized that it wasn’t just a matter of being in improv but a life point. I was glad she brought it up because I needed to write about it.
You know, spending $180 on a year’s worth of Masterclass is worth it. There are so many writers I’ve enjoyed listening to. So many new ideas to consider. I am almost finished with the class David Sedaris hosted. According to Google, Masterclass offers over 200 courses.
Anyway, the point about jumping in I wanted to make from my own life was writing. It took me a long time to begin writing on Medium in 2021. It took many months to begin doing more than an article a month. I was afraid. Reading how afraid everybody else was made me braver. Eventually, I just started writing about the things I knew about.
Now, in 2025, I made a commitment to write more at Substack. I’ve been a member of Substack for a couple of years, but due to what I perceived as less support for writers on Medium, I decided to shift my focus to Substack. Right now, I’m on a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday publishing schedule at Substack, a Tuesday and Thursday schedule at Medium, and a Friday schedule at Facebook. Time will tell as I become accustomed to a beefier writing schedule that I begin to include updates to my websites, and focus on getting some books ready for publication.
No time to wait anymore. I’ll be 70 in September, so time’s a-wasting.
Hey, thanks for reading. This piece will be published on August 11, 2025, but it was written on July 6, 2025. The secret to my success is writing up a storm and then being available for other fun things as they come along.
Enjoy the parade.
🌺Pauline Evanosky
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