scriptstructure:From the twitter of Sam Sykes (SamSykesSwears):You guys want to talk about work ethi
scriptstructure:From the twitter of Sam Sykes (SamSykesSwears):You guys want to talk about work ethic for a little bit?If you work in a creative field (art, writing, etc.), especially if you’re freelance, I know you’ve had this thought: “I’m not doing enough”You look at the novel you’re finishing and think it’s not enough. You do one Piece of art a day and worry that you don’t do more.I know it because I’ve had it. A comic project and working on two novels with a dozen projects in the pipeline and I still have it.So you end up doing more. And in the times you’re not doing something, you’re feeling guilty for not doing something. It compounds itself.Applied wisely, this can be positive: the urge to get things FINISHED will serve you extremely well in a creative industry. But unwisely?At the extreme end of things, you can work yourself to death. That’s not too likely, but burning yourself out is much more probable.You look at your projects and hate them because they’re not finished. You look at what IS finished and hate it because it’s not good enough.Soon, you’re not creating, you’re just finishing. You’re churning. You’re not having fun making things because you just want them done.(That’s not to say that work can’t frustrate or that it should be all kittens & giggles but there’s a difference between pushing and hating)It’s clear to see how this happens: society values immediate gratification and instant results. It’s hard to do that with art or writing.And even if we know better, it’s easy to internalise and convince yourself that your work IS worthless unless you’re producing all the time.Now, I can give you reasons why, creatively, your productivity will boost if you value work as much as results, but the big one is …Om [sic] a creative field, the details matter. Doing your best matters. Art isn’t a license plate you ccan press or a form you can fill out.If you hate pressing license plates, the license plate looks the same. If you hate making art, it shows in your art.You can get frustrated with art, angry at it sometimes, but if you start hating it, it’s not worth doing, anymore, is it.And if you start valuing results — and ONLY results — more than you value the work, then you will eventually end up hating it. Don’t do that.Be good to yourself. Know your limits. Value your time and your work as much as you value the finished project.Welp, good talk, gang. Hope you learned a thing or two about working wisely. Now let’s get out there and buy my book.[image of two piglets smeared with pink, blue and yellow paints] -- source link
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