You (or what you make) will be hyped, then forgotten, then hyped, and forgotten again. But if you’re working on it each day, it’ll pay off
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Most important skill I learnt: just keep shipping day in day out. The emotional ups and downs average out. Just showing up every day adds up
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This applies to startups, business, creativity etc. Most people fail cause they can’t take the ups and downs emotionally long term.
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It’s hard to keep seeing the meaning in your projects when it’s not going well (or sometimes even more when it’s going well!)
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My fav quote, and relevant, is: “If you’re going through hell, keep going”
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It’ll be pure hell for a looooooooooooong time before you see sunlight. And then more hell. More sunlight. Meanwhile you’re living!
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I hate those motivational internet platitudes so let’s not go there. But yeah just ignore your emotions about a project. Just keep shipping.
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So many ppl drop out of getting good at smth cuz they can’t take the effort of doing it every day. But persistence is a learnable skill!
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Your emotions can be a misleading hostage taker of your brain that’ll try make you give up. Stop listening. Ship your thing. Yes it hurts.
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"80% of success is showing up." — Woody Allen
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That’s the one!
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So its a bit like emotional dollar cost averaging ;)
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Yes! Spot on
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Thanks, I needed that ::)
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Me too, thanks. Currently struggling with a project and it's extremely stressful and emotional.
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this is what i do for my writing. just show up, write some stuff - even if it's crap. just do it b/c it adds up and you can fix it again later.
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Nicely said! In my experience, across the board, the people that are most successful (at anything), have an innate ability not to quit.
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Can't help but add my two cents: I think giving up and quitting are two different things, but yes, grit and success are def correlated.
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The emotional ups and downs are fucking hell. But when you work on your downs, you exponentially improve on your ups. Keep grinding.
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