If you’re a writer and creator like me or an entrepreneur like me, then you know that there’s a whole lot of terrifying things that come with the journey. Facing the blank page. Needing things to look right to make videos. Self-promotion and marketing.
If you have any trauma, an inner critic, or anything that comes up, it’s really hard to move through it. But it can be really good—it can grow you and even heal some of your wounds to face your fears.
Or it can be bad. You can get negative feedback on a story and never work on it again. You can post something and then immediately regret it and delete it. (Know what I’m talking about anyone?) You can sing on stage and bomb–and you can let all these things stop you forever if you like.
As someone who has dropped many balls and picked many back up, I have some thoughts on how to avoid getting overly crushed and traumatized along your journey as a writer or creator.
What’s really important is to set yourself up before you even do the thing: you need to know more than WHAT you want to do, but you also need to know WHY you want it–that’s what makes all the difference. I’ll be posting more on this tomorrow!
For now I wonder: Do you have clarity on what you want to write or create next, or are you still figuring it out?
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