Lessons I Am Learning While on the Verge of Burnout

I need to take a dose of my own medicine

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I’ve lost sight of what it means to be a writer.

Somewhere in all the chaos of starting a new school semester, beginning my dream freelance writing gig, having my partner program payout cut in half, and starting to study for this blasted engineering exam, I’ve lost it.

I forgot that this isn’t about writing masterpieces every single time you sit down to write.

I don’t write masterpieces every day.

I mess up. I make mistakes. I fail.

I’m learning in public.

I built my writing work — over 150 published articles, top writer status, and earning over $3,000 in earnings, off of two simple principles:

1. Commitment to consistency
2. Just begin

The problem is, somehow, I’ve broken that consistency. I’ve let myself down.

I’m trying too hard to be perfect.

I want every idea, every post, every article I write to be exactly perfect — a masterpiece.

You don’t get to make masterpieces by careful planning and attention. You become a master writer…