Your Work is Garbage
Showing up means having trash output
I’ve been writing every day for almost three months now. In that time, I’ve written a lot.
Frankly, I’ve written more than I can keep track of. But keeping up with this kind of output is difficult.
To be constantly churning something out means you never quite rest. I still rest, but my mind is always working.
And some mornings I show up to write and have zero interest in what I’m doing. Despite having over 600+ ideas, I struggle to write some mornings.
It’s not that I don’t want to write. It’s certainly not for a lack of ideas.
I tell myself it’s okay because at least I’m showing up. It’s okay that I’m writing okay content because at least I’m writing.
You can’t get to the gold without mining through the trash. Which means you’re going to have crummy output. That’s what I keep telling myself anyway. There’s always going to be more crummy output than you like.
I want what I write to matter. I want it to be good. But sometimes you just have to make peace with the fact that your work is garbage.
You just have to get it out of your head. That’s the hardest part. Then you get to mine it and refine it. Eventually, it turns into something you’re proud of.
So even though my output is crappy, at least I have crap. And that’s good news. I have crap, so I’ll get to the gold.
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