My irrational belief

Irrational beliefs can be used for terrible things – to start religious wars, vote dictators to power, or sell billions of the "edible food like substance" we call McDonald's burgers.

But they can also be used to do wonderful things. 

Take my irrational belief. I believe that I will write a book one day, in the near future, soon.

How do I know this? 
I don't. 
Can I give you a logical argument why this is likely to happen?
I can't.

For a few years now logic has held me back. How do you do a thing you have never done before?

And then there are babies. Babies don't operate as per adult logic. They take flights of beliefs – an irrational faith that their legs can hold them up when they can't. And it is the very act of failure that builds the muscles that transforms them – from crawling monsters to erect maniacs.  

And so, I have decided to be a maniac in this micro area of my life.

It gives me a reason to sit in front of the laptop trying to flesh out a character's motivation or the next scene when I really have no rational reason to.

My irrational belief is that if I sit front of the laptop and stare at the blank screen for long enough, my mind will conjure up a semblance of a passable solution – and, on the rare occasion, dazzle me with brilliance.

So, that's my irrational belief for the next year. 

What's yours?