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tippergreenSo, I failed to post over the weekend. December is hard, man. But while I'm disappointed in myself, I'm not upset because failing at things is just what happens sometimes.
Failure, while embarrassing and often sucktastic, isn't always bad. Failure teaches, primes and can even, as I'm sure we all know, open up other doors. I try to think of that anytime my anxiety gets to me over every day fails or even the big fails. Do I still worry and fret and toss and turn at night? Of course I do. But, interesting thing about getting older, I don't worry and fret or toss as much as I used to. I think this is because failures stack up - I've failed lots of times now, but I'm still here and happy, and so I've learned to roll better.
Still, for all that, I think fear of failure at writing is a wall that I haven't quite scaled, not like the other things in my life. I'm pretty confident in what I create now. I think I'm pretty good at the medium. I have my problems (like verbosity and overusing a word) but because I can (mostly) see my mistakes, I can fix them. I still dread, however, putting things out there and having even one person tell me it's not good. Which is so stupid. Criticism is what improves any art form, or any job performance, or any skill. But despite knowing that rationally, while failing at most things doesn't bother me so much any more, failing at writing can still freeze me in my tracks.
I was curious - anyone out there have an abiding fear of failure for what they create? If so, what do you do to get over it?
Failure, while embarrassing and often sucktastic, isn't always bad. Failure teaches, primes and can even, as I'm sure we all know, open up other doors. I try to think of that anytime my anxiety gets to me over every day fails or even the big fails. Do I still worry and fret and toss and turn at night? Of course I do. But, interesting thing about getting older, I don't worry and fret or toss as much as I used to. I think this is because failures stack up - I've failed lots of times now, but I'm still here and happy, and so I've learned to roll better.
Still, for all that, I think fear of failure at writing is a wall that I haven't quite scaled, not like the other things in my life. I'm pretty confident in what I create now. I think I'm pretty good at the medium. I have my problems (like verbosity and overusing a word) but because I can (mostly) see my mistakes, I can fix them. I still dread, however, putting things out there and having even one person tell me it's not good. Which is so stupid. Criticism is what improves any art form, or any job performance, or any skill. But despite knowing that rationally, while failing at most things doesn't bother me so much any more, failing at writing can still freeze me in my tracks.
I was curious - anyone out there have an abiding fear of failure for what they create? If so, what do you do to get over it?
