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"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone had told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase; they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this, and if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know that it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on deadline so that every week you finish one piece. It’s only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions, and I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take a while. It’s normal to take awhile. You just gotta fight your way through."

Ira Glass
Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson

There are five apology languages:

  1. Expressing regret (“I feel ashamed for how I hurt you.”)

  2. Accepting responsibility (“I was wrong for doing that to you.”)

  3. Genuinely repent (“I can only imagine how much pain I caused, I am so sorry. I won’t do that again. Next time, I will do _____ differently.”)

  4. Making restitution (“This is how I will make it up to you _____.”)

  5. Requesting forgiveness (“Will you forgive me for letting you down?”)

apology languages

Information about art and nature feels like the best stuff to have, and if you have it, it is powerful and excellent to pass it on.

Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
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