Stepping up to your plate - I'm in awe of everyone who is able to freelance for a living.  I want it so badly but I have no idea how to go about starting.  My writing is fair but I've never actually submitted anything since college.  My fear of not succeeding vastly overcomes any desire to try this out, and my nagging "I-told-you-so" in the back of my head keeps me at my day job feeling bored and confused.  

And an addition - thanks to Chuck and his attempt at creating an online community, I feel a little closer to everyone he's showcased for his under-appreciated blogs project.  It's weird to me feeling closer to people I've never met than to people I talk to on a daily basis, but I have nothing in common with most people I work with.  It's just work - I don't have any kind of satisfaction from it except a biweekly paycheck.  My online friends, well, we have a common bond.