I didn’t realize the drop-off would be this crazy.
I mean, I knew I wouldn’t come close to what I did the previous week, but sheesh!
Here’s the latest:
| Week 04 number of words written: | 407 |
| Total number of words written to date: | 3457 |
| How I’m feeling about it: | Humbled |
It’s hard during the summer break when both kids are home. But I gotta find a way.
Here’s what a professional would do:
Block an hour every single day and make it non-negotiable.
Not “I’ll do it if I have the time” or any of that stuff. Booked and actually non-negotiable. That’s gotta be my approach.
You’d think that’d be obvious by now, especially for a self-proclaimed high-performer in his 40s.
And that brings me straight to the insight of the week:
Experience alone doesn’t put us on offense.
In many cases, experience makes it harder to realize we’re on defense.
Huh?!
Here’s the punchline:
You get more sophisticated as you go. Your work becomes refined – and so does your self-protection.
To the point where you won’t even recognize it as self-protection when a challenging external condition triggers a defensive operating mode.
You just think you’re being cautious. Diligent. Maybe even responsible.
That’s one of the traps in this bigger trap of defense.
The further I got into my career, the harder it was for me to believe – and then accept – that I was actually playing not to lose. But that didn’t change the fact that I actually was.
Thankfully there’s science that backs this up to take some potential shame out of it.
But now I gotta “science” my a$$ back into my writing chair.
Wish me luck this week!
– A humbled Joergen
