Barbara
@barbara
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Barbara
trialerror404.substack.com
"it's ironic that the world always asks for everything new and original and at the same time rejects anything that does not follow common patterns or rules"
FOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL
You can't control who buys your work.
And you can't control who likes it.
But you CAN control putting your work in front of more people's eyes.
You CAN control how much work you make.
You CAN control building a website to display it. And sell it.
You CAN control how many people you contact this week that can help your
... See moreTo really like my work I have to look at it with different eyes. I have to forget everyone who did it better or faster, and remind myself that no one has ever done it quite the way I have. I have to remind myself that the people I compare myself to probably compare themselves to others and that if they let their self-doubt keep them from creating I... See more
Sari Azout • Make Something to Learn More About What's Inside You
comparison trap
An easy way to lose oneself is to consume so much we lose sight of who we are and what we value. Creating is the opposite. The more we create, the more likely we are to figure out what’s really inside us.
And I don’t mean getting more people to start a Substack, or build an audience. There’s a peculiar kind of sadness that comes from adding more wor... See more
And I don’t mean getting more people to start a Substack, or build an audience. There’s a peculiar kind of sadness that comes from adding more wor... See more
Sari Azout • Make Something to Learn More About What's Inside You
Developing taste is an exercise in vulnerability: it requires you to trust your instincts and preferences, even when they don’t align with current trends or the tastes of your peers. Because while having taste is cool, taste itself reflects a certain type of uncool earnestness – a commitment to one’s own obsessions and quirks.
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
I’d rather be powerless and real than holding a bunch of power while crumbling like a slab of undercooked cornbread.
Anxiety + work
“You’re not healing to handle the trauma, you know how to do that already. You’re healing to handle the joy.”
A Big Intimate Catch Up:
But we err in presuming convenience is always good, for it has a complex relationship with other ideals that we hold dear. Though understood and promoted as an instrument of liberation, convenience has a dark side. With its promise of smooth, effortless efficiency, it threatens to erase the sort of struggles and challenges that help give
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