A note to self.
Here's what I consumed today Friday the 13th of September 2020:
Instagram profiles like this when I dream of being able to take pics like these
Beautiful videos like this when I hope one day I will learn to film and edit like this
Beautiful videos like this when I hope one day I will learn to film and edit like this
Shiny new delightful products when I am in the process of building my own.
Beautiful UI design work when I am fighting to learn and ship some UI designs on my own
A feed of toxic competence.
A feed causing me to be paralysed creatively instead of inspired.
I find myself judging my work as not good enough all the time.
Fortunately or -most probably- unfortunately, my taste has be calibrated very high. And I find that to by my biggest barrier to shipping work.
The acceptable level is so high that no matter how much I try, at my level, I cannot reach that taste level.
How naive...
No wonder why I am disappointed all the time no matter how much people might tell me how much they like what I make or when I rationally know it is above average.
[...] exposure to genius has the power to expand your consciousness. If you spend a lot of time with genius, your mind will end up bigger and broader than if you spend your time only with run-of-the-mill stuff.