I am a mediocre writer and that’s okay.
Care to read my mediocre thoughts?
Shocked by my past work
I believe that most people in the creative industry can relate to this — looking back at one’s past work and feeling a deep sense of shock and disgust.
“How did I ever allow myself to publish that article?”
That was how I felt when I looked back at some of my previous writing — A mixture of shame and repugnance. I was particularly aghast by the poor language used.
I tried to comfort myself “You are a busy stay at home mother. Please go easy on yourself.”
Nonetheless, I felt ashamed of my past work. These feeling were heightened after I benchmarked my work against the more impressive articles on Medium.
I felt like I was punching above my weight.
Language aside, many of the ideas were still acceptable.
It is the packaging that I resent; Good ideas in poor packaging.
Revising my policy
As such, I have decided to revise my ‘lock all articles policy’. I feel too ashamed to lock the really mediocre articles.
Yes, I am producing free content now.
I may still lock one or two articles every now and then — When I feel proud and confident enough.
Who knows, I may improve and grow into a better writer soon.
Stay tuned.
