When I started this website, I had a bold vision about what it would eventually become. I had it all worked out in my mind. I wanted my writing to showcase not only the things I’ve learned, and the person I was, but also the person I was becoming – hopefully a better man with a refined thinking process. Through consistent work, my site would become decently popular and catapult me into the heights of the online landscape. Not only for the sake of making money, but also for the sake of me feeling good about myself. Yet, as I approach precisely 7 years of crafting essays for durmonski.com, I need to confess that I no longer think that my grand plan will ever unfold as I initially imagined it. But I keep going.
Depending on my mood that particular day, working on my site feels either like cuddling with clouds in the creative heaven or like a depressing chore I very much resent and plot abandoning. This dissonance, of course, is caused by my grand vision not manifesting.
It’s strange when you think about it. Why would my desire to write be so heavily influenced by whether others read and/or pay for my work or not?
This is precisely what I will explore in this current publication.
It’s mostly for me. But I suppose that if you are working on a project that’s not turning out as you initially imagined, the observations here can potentially help you figure out how to move forward.
Nobody Plans To Fail
Nobody plans to fail with his project. Nobody starts a business, a blog, begins painting or writing a book, and thinks: “This is going to suck! This is going to fail!”
In our heads, before we immerse ourselves in a venture of some sort, we usually have a romantic vision about how things will play out. How we’ll win the day and eventually be recognized by the masses for our unique vision and innovative thinking style.
Yet, as I have learned, we should all consider failure as a potential outcome regardless of what we start.
I didn’t. Or at least, while I surely knew that things could turn out poorly, I was somehow convinced that they wouldn’t.
Why?
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- James Clear. I’m no longer writing twice per week. here’s why., James Clear. Available at: https://jamesclear.com/once-per-week
