I have posted about this philosophy before. With this post I am living it. With lower the payouts, and me running out of my easiest stories, I haven't felt like writing much. So, I had a talk with myself, and I told myself to just write something. It doesn't have to be a masterpiece, maybe I will write that one tomorrow. It is about discipline and showing up when you are feeling discouraged. If you keep doing something you tend to get better at it.
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So, this post is about showing up, even when one doesn't feel confident, when a person doesn't feel motivated. Be willing to put yourself out there at whatever level you are at until things start to click again.
Back to my conversation with myself, I said, "Just write something."
"But, I don't have anything I want to write," I whined back.
"Come on just open the browser and type" I said
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"You said yourself you never wanted to be an Author, and I don't even know if this platform will be successful, I don't want to write right now."
"Do it anyway, just show up, sometimes the difference between success and failure is to just show up. One way to be sure you won't be successful is to quit"
"Sigh, okay, but are you seeing how dumb this is?"
"Do it, stay in practice, show some discipline, if it pays .50 Steem that is another little drop in the bucket and those pay off over time".
Me, "Fine, okay, grrr".
So, I opened the browser and I began to type.
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Maybe tomorrow's post will be a masterpiece, but for today, I showed up. If I keep doing that long enough, I will get better at what I do. If I keep doing it long enough those Steem pennies will grow. Life always seem to pay for effort, if the effort comes with good motives.
Maybe someone will relate with the stuggle of figuring out how to stay engaged. Maybe nobody will read it at all. Maybe... Well, I know it will do better than nothing at all.
Am I the only one who talks with myself in my head?
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