Re:The emotional journey of creating anything great
by manibatra on Sunday May 27, 2018 @09:50AM
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My strategy for dealing with the dip/valley of despair are a few simple rules that I have formalised for myself and are helping me a lot.
- Howsoever great the project is in the beginning, it will go through a phase where it’s going to suck for whatever reason. I know it. It doesn’t surprise me. I take it in my stride.
- I have absolute faith during that phase that it will get better on the other side. Absolute. And nothing is going to convince me otherwise.
- It is not a sprint.
- Mantain healthy relationships, mind (meditation) and body (exercise). Do not let them fall below a certain level because gaining these things back and being productive at the sometime is a struggle. From my own personal experience.
- Howsoever great the project is in the beginning, it will go through a phase where it’s going to suck for whatever reason. I know it. It doesn’t surprise me. I take it in my stride.
- I have absolute faith during that phase that it will get better on the other side. Absolute. And nothing is going to convince me otherwise.
- It is not a sprint.
- Mantain healthy relationships, mind (meditation) and body (exercise). Do not let them fall below a certain level because gaining these things back and being productive at the sometime is a struggle. From my own personal experience.