Do not be afraid of writing garbage

Do not be afraid of writing garbage:

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Do not be afraid of writing garbage.

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To get good at anything, you must produce a lot of garbage.

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A lot of attempts that suck.

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Posts that don’t work.

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Ideas that don’t make sense.

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Predictions that don’t come true.

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Many.

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But if you stay consistent over a long time, some of those efforts will be good.

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Some will be interesting.

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Some will be solid ideas.

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Some will even shock you.

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Looking back at some of the posts I’ve written, some could be better.

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But some make me tear up because I can’t believe I wrote them.

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This guy pretending like he knows what he’s doing.

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Articulated ideas in that way.

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I wonder if my old posts will be considered my greatest.

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Will I ever live up to what I’ve done?

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It’s like looking at artists and considering their best work some of their earliest albums.

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Like Drake with Take Care and Kanye with College Dropout.

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But they don’t have to live up to anything.

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Because they’ve produced over a decade of work.

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You have no idea which posts will resonate most with people.

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You have no idea how they’ll react.

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Some may consider your earliest work the best.

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Some may consider your later works better.

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You have no clue and to be honest, you can’t control that.

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All you can control is the effort you put in.

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The quantity of posts is in your control.

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That’s what should be important.

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Over a long career, some of what you do will be good and some will be bad.

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Don’t mind the outcomes.

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Focus on producing quality work that you enjoy.

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If you enjoy it, then it doesn’t matter.

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The more success you get, the more the noise will get louder.

The more people will call your work garbage.

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All good.

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Write more garbage.

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