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There’s No End Point To Get To, So Just Enjoy the Journey
Mastery is not an end result, but a way of life
“Most assume mastery is an end result, but at its core, mastery is a way of thinking, a way of acting, and a journey you experience.” — Gary Keller
A couple of books have had a massive impact on the way I think about writing lately.
I used to always see it as some race to the top. I was always in a hurry to “make it” as a successful writer. I wanted to conveniently skip ahead to the part where I was a bestselling author, or a top Medium writer earning enough per month to build my dream house with.
I wanted to be working a few hours each morning, getting accepted and published into my dream publications and magazines, and building an audience with ease.
In short, I just wanted to be at the place where writing had become my actual career, where I was finally earning a full-time income from it, and where I was living life on my own terms and deciding my own schedule.
I felt this enormous pressure to just “hurry up and get there already.”
And because I wasn’t there yet, I always felt like a failure.
Obviously, this didn’t do anything for my creativity or motivation.
