Struggling with Self Doubt

Thursday, September 13, 2012

I had a long conversation with someone today about how I spend much of my free time doubting myself.

Of course, I'm not special. Talk to most creative types. We doubt ourselves. Our work.

Even though I should be feeling good. Should be feeling a little less doubt-y after these past few months.

Instead, I find myself wracked with even more doubt.

What the hell do I do about that?

What the hell those anyone do about that?

Judging from conversations I've had with other self-doubting creative types, most people just work through it.

Ignore it.

Put it in a drawer to deal with tomorrow.

Judging from a line or two in this interview with Zadie Smith, it never really goes away.

I've been finding it a bit hard to ignore.

Instead it creeps up anytime I'm trying to put a pen to paper, my hands to the keyboard...often stopping me in my tracks.

So what is a self doubting gal like me to do?

...I don't really know...

Except...write...?

Write through it.

Even if I am writing I suck at writing over and over again every morning at 9am...?

Sounds like a plan, yeah?

That is what I am going with.

What about you? Have any ideas?

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