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Stop Thinking What You Create is “Yours”
It will take the pressure off.
Have you ever spent time and effort creating something, only to be terrified of its reception?
What if people hate it?
What if people think it’s stupid?
What if they don’t get it?
What if the world receives your masterpiece with a resounding “meh”.
Questions like these can make us wonder whether what we’ve created has any value at all. They can cause us to doubt whether it’s ready. They can cause us to doubt whether it’s good enough.
Questions like these can also wreak havoc on our minds. At best, they torment us. At worst, they cause us to stop, they cause us to give up.
Given all this, you might wonder how anyone puts anything out into the world. How could they? It’s like the worthiness of their very soul is on the line.
This is why it’s better to realize that what you create isn’t really “yours”. I’m not speaking in an economic sense but a spiritual or intellectual one.
It’s better to see things this way because it lessens the impact of an endeavor that’s gone wrong. It takes the sting out of a poor reception. It helps us to keep going despite failure.
