Why You Need to Ignore Everyone & Focus on Your Craft

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Many people don’t want to take risks or dream or admit they’d like to accomplish more in their lives. They see other people doing things they want to be doing, but they say it’s not possible for them. If others can do it (write a book, start a business, master an instrument, etc.), why can’t you? And even if they didn’t do it, why couldn’t you be the one to do it? It’s all based in self-belief.

Staying focused on what other people are doing is distracting you from yourself.

Some would argue that they’re gaining inspiration from watching others, and I do believe this is an important part of being creative. But is that really all it is? Or is it you just prolonging your procrastination and thinking someone else is better than you? Has it easier than you? Is more talented than you?

If you were really inspired, you’d take the inspiration you felt from whomever (insert favorite artist, musician, etc. here) and get to work deep inside your heart. Instead, most people spend their time idealizing other people’s lives through social media. This has to end. We all know social media isn’t real. People portray their lives in a certain way. So what’s stopping you from making great art, writing, pottery (or whatever it is you’re trying to build)?

1. You’re not taking care of yourself physically, mentally, emotionally, and/or spiritually. This is pretty simple. If you’re rundown and depleted, you simply do not have the energy to give to that project you’re working on. So this might mean it is time to face your shadow — are you constantly drinking or eating shitty food and then having to recover from it the next day, when you could be working on your project? If so, you need to start making changes and learning more about healthy living so that you can optimize your energy and free up your creativity.
2. You’re taking it too seriously. We want our project/art to be meaningful. We want the time we spend on it to be exactly what we get out of it. Sometimes that is the case. Other times, you’ll write a great poem in 5 minutes. Sometimes it takes three years. The time/result ratio is not directly related. But that isn’t an excuse to not show up.
3. You’re waiting until you feel that…