Surviving the Chaos of Finding Your Voice

What most people don’t tell you is that the process of finding your voice requires you spend more time in mess, in chaos, and in feeling lost than you ever will in clarity.

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By Rachel Browne

How to Keep Going When Your Voice Feels Lost

You might think that given all the content I produce that I’ve somehow graduated from the chaos of the creative process. That I’ve transcended the doubt and disarray. That I sit down to write and something clear, potent, and original filters through my fingertips like magic. But you would be wrong.

Just this month, I had a day of complete hopelessness. Nothing was working. I was trapped by the double-edged sword of being overwhelmed by the process and underwhelmed by the results of everything I poured myself into. I try so hard. I care so much. And when it still doesn’t land the way I want it to? It’s deflating.

What most people don’t tell you is that the process of finding your voice requires you spend more time in mess, in chaos, and in feeling lost than you ever will in clarity. You spend far more time in the unknown than in the known because by nature, when you’re just starting out, the whole…