by Sam Dounis | Aug 9, 2016 | About Sam, Blogging, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Writing
I’ve long known that my biggest fear is the fear of failure. It’s so hard-wired into my psyche that it takes a conscious, concerted effort to free myself of it. What it took me a while to realise though, is how much that fear was hindering me when it came...
by Sam Dounis | Jul 2, 2015 | About Sam, Thoughts and Musings
FOMO. Or, for the uninitiated, Fear Of Missing Out, has been a lifelong affliction of mine. Or a lifelong gift, if you prefer to look at it that way. For sure I’ve had many experiences I wouldn’t have otherwise had, and many of those have been good....
by Sam Dounis | Jan 13, 2015 | About Sam
When I set up my website at samdounis.com, I envisaged a creative online playground, where I could write about anything and generally have fun. Then I imposed so much structure to it that the original vision couldn’t possibly be fulfilled. Instead of a...