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How to Not Care About How Quickly Your Writing Following Is Growing
Unless it’s your lifeline, who’s bothered? Seriously.
It’s like getting pissed off that nobody is buying your paintings even though your sole reason for painting is to clear your mind and spend time just by yourself. It’s a passion you’ve cultivated for yourself. And solely you.
It’s like getting frustrated that even though you love baking cakes and I mean love baking cakes. You love the way they smell, the art of getting the flavours just right, the perfection of a sponge that isn’t too dry and melts in the mouth. You love all that. And then getting annoyed that no one’s eating it.
Who cares? No honestly, who does?
The process is the reward and not the outcome
Often you seek external validation that what you are doing is right. It’s born from social norms and made worse by social media. You want to, just, fit in. Better still, you want to seem like you’ve got it all together like you are the one to be watched.
You want people to look at you and say: ‘Wow, they have it together don’t they.’
Consequently, that means you do two things:
- You try but if you don’t get immediate positive feedback…
