Knowing Your Worth as a Writer/Author
and Maintaining Mindset when the Doubt Spills from Other's Lips
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I don’t care what your creative or crafty outlet happens to be in life. You and your outlet have a purpose. This is why I’ve taken to adding on what I have been in my YouTube videos as of late. “Stop believing the lies other people tell you.”
Just Stop. You’re a liar. We all are, especially to ourselves. We lie in little ways, don’t we? Oh, com’on. I bet I can list a few of the little ones crossing your mind at least once throughout the course of your life as a fellow nerd or geek.
“I will only read one more chapter—holy crap how is it 3 am?”
“I will totally eat after I beat this next level of this game about Italian plumber siblings—yes, parental unit. I total ate a proper meal this weekend. No, that’s not a bunch of wrappers from carb-laden swill depravity laying all over my bedroom.”
“I’m leaving in just five minutes—sorry for arriving an hour late.”
“I know I can wake up and finish this one thing before its due tomorrow to my teacher, mentor, boss, or similar—no, I didn’t mean to sleep in. Yes, I understand the risk of procrastinating to the last minute.”
These lies truly scrape the surface, though. We tell ourselves much more harmful lies to benefit others without even realizing how much we’re hurting each other.
For example, despite learning to accept and love myself as a woman with a goddess-sized physique to mirror my library of a book collection sitting in storage… I had to overcome a huge lie that my mother drilled into my head. To this day, I can still clearly picture her walking up to me circa third grade in our new-ish-to-us home and patting my stomach with the words, “If only you could lose 50 pounds. You’d be so pretty.”
Years later, my husband’s anger and stubbornness alone helped me dismantle that falsehood rooting around in the back of my head. Likewise, my parents convinced me that, like many of you mind relate as well here… the old-school mantra of you have to work harder to earn what you deserve.
Why can’t I work smarter? Why can’t I be paid what I am worth—and not just because of what I have educationally speaking according to diplomas and things. We’re talking life experiences.
I mean, com’on, many of you are wondering how leaving K12 is going for me for a reason—better than I could have ever dreamed and more is the truth—and I am NOT lying. That’s truth.
Another truth—a lot of us use our skills as creators for others to their benefit while putting our own goals on hold, sometimes to their and our detriment.
With NaNoWriMo right around the corner, I wanted to be sure I sent some emergency supplies to keep you going. First of all, be sure to catch up on the 5 lies you need to STOP telling yourself before PREPTOBER (Part 1 of 2) by clicking here. Why? Because…. (drum roll)
5 Lies You Need to Stop Telling Yourself Before NaNoWrIMo (Part 2 of 2) comes out today, October 12, 2023 at 5 pm Eastern. Join us on this one as well by clicking here.
Additionally, I wanted to give you some freebies. First of all, don’t hesitate to join Sarra Cannon’s HeartBreathings newsletter and community to gain access to her resource library for the workbook I’m using this Preptober! Click here!
Furthermore, two epic friends of mine, Mel Power and Jodee Jean Daniels, collaborated with me to make a list of fun items. Click here for journals, world building, and more with help and love from the three of us!
I have some more bonuses that you’re all getting long before my YouTube channel subscribers, too! Click here for those!
Shout Outs to Other Authors
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