CONFIDENCE | PROBLEM SOLVING
Stop Making Your Writing Feel Inferior By Empowering Your “Trashcan”
The messy stage is a shitty stage. Embrace it as a work-in-progress.
Being a very observant person, I note the little things and how I’m affected by them.
Concepts most writers gloss over, hold deep translations for me.
Example:
- I don’t view my bathroom as a wasteland but as a source of inspiration.
- I don’t think of spring cleaning as a chore but a stress-relief activity.
In the same vein, I view the ‘trashcan’ differently. I see it as a confidence killer.
For every page you rip out of frustration, scrunch up, and shoot into the ‘trash can’, you sacrifice a piece of your confidence with it.
The messy stage is a shitty stage, but it’s part of the process
As an accountant, I don’t enjoy discarding my efforts out of frustration when my calculations aren’t in alignment. I feel like a total failure. So, I keep my desk surrounded by the mess.
Doing this reminds me of how intentionally I’ve invested my time and energy into solving my problems. It…