Wouldn’t it be great if you could get better every day? In just a year or two, you’d be totally awesome.
Sadly, improvement is seldom paid out in steady increments. You can go days or weeks or even months without receiving a payment and you can never predict the amount you’re going to receive.
If you think you’re going to improve every day and you don’t, you might be tempted to give up. What’s the point of keeping on if it’s only going to keep you where you are?
But holding your ground is just as important as moving forward.
If you practice your craft day after day, you won’t necessarily get better every day, but you will get better over time, and, while you’re patiently waiting to improve, you’ll maintain the skills you’ve gained thus far.
Getting better is a fabulous goal, but so is holding steady, and both things require your commitment.
Hold On. I’m Comin‘ by Sam and Dave
Are you getting all the Quiet Inspiration you need? Subscribe to Quiet Inspiration, the Mildly Creative Newsletter. You can also subscribe to these blog posts via RSS feed or by Email.
{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }
Hey Ken….
Hope you are feeling better, or at least on that path. I recall reading that you’ve been ill lately. Frustrating, eh?
I have also read about your endeavor to quit smoking. Kudos, and then some. I told myself years ago I would NEVER, EVER smoke again, for many reasons. Yet I picked it up again 7 months ago, due to ….. life. I am so angry at myself. Your recent posts about quitting are very inspiring; thank you tons!!!!
I want to say that your most recent post about ‘holding ground’ is right on target with my life right now. I SO needed to hear that. Timing…. synchronicity…God….call it what you will. It is exactly what I needed to read, and I THANK you!!!!!!!
Peace and hookah-hookah smoke, Shelley
(whoops, probably shouldn’t have used “smoke” in my salutation there, sorry)!
Thanks, Shelley.
Hold your ground.
Thank you Ken!
You write beautifully and your outlook to life in general — your honesty — is worth more than a million words can tell, I`m sure.
I enjoy to follow and relate to people who allow themselves to grow personally through your work, like you obviously do. I am not a writer, but I believe in empowering others by recognizing and appreciating your talents and efforts to reach out and inpire others. It is worth a lot in these times when so many seem to be too busy achieving this and that. Ambition is good, achieving is good but not when the price is internalized agony.
I`m sure you reach many, and I admire your capacity for this. Keep rolling. Hope your own safisfaction from your work sustains you daily. Just wished to give a feedback although I`m a regular visitor to your website.
Thanks, Kari. I appreciate the feedback. I promise to keep rolling.