Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
~ Aristotle
You finally did it. You typed out that perfect post and now the votes are piling up. A couple days pass and frustration begins to settle in. The elation of success has worn off and you've been unable to write anything else.
Sound familiar? It sure does to me. This is exactly what happened while writing on that old, forked-off blockchain.
Hindsight may be 20/20, but it can be some time for that vision to come into focus. With the adjusted lense of time, the reasons become all so apparent.
We're just too hard on ourselves, though it may be simple human nature. When you think about it, it doesn't make sense to beat yourself up after a success.
Especially if you put in months of hard work to buidl up to that point of success. Times of high emotions cause a reverse reaction. I've heard it called an "emotional hangover".
Give yourself a break. Being too hard on yourself after a success can devolve into an even worse mindset. This is how it happened to me.
Big successes can amp us up to do even better. It's likely another one of those matters of human nature. We want to keep seeing that same level of success. That too can be a trap for the aspiring writer.
Hitting a new height on your own progress bar doesn't mean you should keep the bar there! That's like only bench pressing the most weight you can push every time you go to the gym.
What happened to doing those reps that ready our muscles to buidl more mass? When the bar is kept at its highest point, chances are that's the highest it will go.
It comes back to the quote by Aristotle. Find a path that leads to an everyday enjoyment of writing. For by writing everyday, you'll be readying your muscles for that mass.
Music. Nature. Walks. Enjoying (or looking forward to) time with my kids and my wife. Gardening. Teamwork!!!
Notice that none of things involve the action of writing? Yet, they all offer potential topics to write about.
Because I'm sharing, the point isn't what works for me. Writing takes a rising of energy. A clearing of those things that stand in your mental path. Use what works for you and give yourself a break.
Eventually, you might find that writing itself becomes a daily part of life's enjoyments.
Thanks for reading and as always...
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