"The professional does not over-identify with his art, but simply shows up every day to put his time in, to do the work."
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Wow, I love this post so much. Sharing it with the team.
Hey thanks so much, really glad you enjoyed it!
btw - I found dev.to through the IndieHacker podcast and I'm very grateful for your and the team's hard work! It's just so well built, a joy to use and such an excellent community. It's really invigorated me back into writing and sharing content 🙏
I also doubly recommend War of Art. I read it years ago and could stand to do a re-read sounds like.
Yes! I actually started occasionally picking it up and randomly reading a few pages of War of Art or Turning Pro every morning. Really starts things off right!
I struggle with this all of the time! Mostly with my music. I think it's super common among all breeds of creators.
The War of Art has influenced me as well, and that was also something that I needed some time to really understand on my own.
Nothing tops feedback from the real world - Putting your project out for everyone to see and watching how it fairs in the real world is so vital as a creator. Some people fear it, some people start to feel more resistance towards the end of a project which stalls it's release - but you just have to keep putting things out there, it's the fastest road to improvement!
Very well said! What kind of music to you make?
I dabble in a lot of genres! This is my latest track, but I'm dropping a new one this weekend :) youtube.com/watch?v=cU_DmQmoaQg
As a young programmer (14 years old, but I started programming at 8), I came here in the hope of learning more with experienced ones and your post is exactly that, you are sharing knowledge. I know pretty much the feeling of "I must protect my work" because until a few months ago I felt it almost everytime I showed my apps. Thanks a lot for sharing your experience! I am definitely following you now.
P.S: Please feel free to correct me of whatever language-related error I could have done, I am not an English speaker, thanks!
Thank you for sharing this, it helped me realize a few things too and why I tend to put projects off. Awesome!
😲 Amazing post. It brought me to an intense realization. Thank you.
So glad you liked it! I love when those realizations come 💡😃
I really appreciate reading this, Nicky! Thank you for writing and sharing. I have yet to read The War of Art, but I think I'm going to move it up a little higher on my list. :)
I want to frame this somewhere.
Ha, I think I actually need it framed as well :)
Fantastic post Nicky. I found it to be a lightbulb moment for myself and I hope to keep this in mind in the future.
Also as a fellow Indie Hackers, welcome to Dev.to, it's fantastic.
You nailed it!
Buddhists strive for 'non-attachment'.
If you become too attached to a thought, a feeling or even an object AND that object becomes 'you', your own life is on the line.
;))