If we can learn, we can grow.
I experienced a valuable lesson the other day about writing and communication, which I thought I would share here.
I was disappointed in and critical of my own work, and even began questioning my abilities as a writer. All because I didn’t listen to myself and compromised my processes to try and accommodate another’s time management and deadline pressures. I didn’t make sure I had a clear brief, so we ended up not being satisfied with each other’s performance. It didn’t cost them financially, but I know I could have done better. I had tried to please, rather than being ’me’.
This experience made me think about how I was comparing myself to others and that I probably had an underlying need to prove my worth in this field. Fearing I wasn’t good enough, I started thinking that this had maybe even cost me future income. My thoughts had started to cascade… But was I really going to throw away years of hard work over this one experience?
What I know is that if I don’t work from a place of integrity, and make choices that align with what my gut is telling me, then the outcome is always going to feel forced and won’t be a true reflection of what I am capable of. So, while this post today is a little more personal than usual, and it may even put some people off engaging my writing services, I think it shows that life is about learning from our experiences.
If you work with CatScribe, I will bring with me the knowledge of what I’ll do differently in the future, because I also know what doesn’t work.
Now that makes me a better writer.
