Inneresting #125 - You're doing it wrong (and that's okay)
When you feel like everybody is a sexy baby and you're a monster on a hill.
In the spirit of helping anyone tackling NaNoWriMo (and anyone consciously taking a pass), this week is all about healthy perspectives and countering false self-narratives.
Get out of your own way - Jessica Nagy offers some questions to ask yourself (and accompanying Venn diagrams) about priorities and goals.
Building Community vs. Audience - Derek Yang looks at why creators isolate themselves and fail to prioritize building support systems.
Stop trying to be the best - CJ Chilvers suggests thinking differently about whose work you compare your own with can give you more momentum to create.
Stop making yourself miserable - Adam Mastoianni questions the wisdom of prioritizing unpleasant tasks. Paul Graham reframes advice about what it means to pursue what you love.
Stop making other people miserable - Ingrid Fetell Lee reminds people that the success or joy of others isn’t an invitation to dump negativity on them.
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Previously on Inneresting…
In case you missed it, in last issue’s most clicked link Jan Whitaker looks at the potential origins behind American restaurants offering complimentary glasses of ice water.
Other Inneresting Things…
Tracy Moore thinks the characters from Ghost World would feel at home in the present day.
Niek Hilkmann & Thomas Walskaar interview the owner of the last major American vendor of floppy disks.
Amelia Tait suggests that the Notes App is perfect for writing poetry.
And that’s what’s inneresting this week!
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