The last few weeks I've seen this quote floating around my regular blog reel. Feeling inspired and touched by the words, I couldn't help but re-post it myself. For all my amazing friends whose jobs, hobbies or dreams are creative. Be encouraged.
Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.
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3 comments:
What an awesome quote! Sort of like a kick in the pants to keep going with things.
Thanks for sharing!!
So good and important to remember. I'm at the beginning stage, and sometimes it feels so impossible to be successful. Thanks for sharing the quote. :)
Thank you for this AJ! The perfect words to end a busy week and motivate and inspire me to be better next week!
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