IMHO, "imposter syndrome" is a term some idiot long ago used to explain the doubt apprentices feel that our work isn't good enough. 😔 Someone shared the "talent -- taste gap." Our taste will always be better than our talent, no matter what. We'll always feel that our work isn't good enough unless we remember that we get some objective feedback. I almost didn't submit my 1st short story to RacPress, but several people I respect told me to try.
We creatives need to stop comparing ourselves with other, more experienced creatives. Compare yourself with who you were last year, last month, last week. That's who you're in the race with. Yourself.
"Are you good enough, Matt?"
"[censored] no! But my work is good enough right now to begin reaching audiences." 🙂 "Next month, it will be even better. And I'm not stopping there." 👍
Interesting fact to keep in mind when that imposter syndrome hits:
Imposters rarely experience imposter syndrome.
So paradoxically, if you're feeling like an imposter, you probably aren't!
Ultimately, it's a feeling that you don't belong. Rest assured, you are weird enough that you are, definitively, part of This Tribe of people who wander through waking dreams to discover Story.
I call myself an extroverted introvert too. I don't like being in big crowds or being the center of attention. And social gatherings after a while drain me and I need alone time. But I still enjoy socializing and talking in smaller groups or one on one, and I can talk your ear off in that situation, but the bigger the group, the quieter I become.
I can't act to save my life, but I do have a constant internal monologue going. Not to mention a peanut gallery of various characters chattering at me constantly.....
IMHO, "imposter syndrome" is a term some idiot long ago used to explain the doubt apprentices feel that our work isn't good enough. 😔 Someone shared the "talent -- taste gap." Our taste will always be better than our talent, no matter what. We'll always feel that our work isn't good enough unless we remember that we get some objective feedback. I almost didn't submit my 1st short story to RacPress, but several people I respect told me to try.
We creatives need to stop comparing ourselves with other, more experienced creatives. Compare yourself with who you were last year, last month, last week. That's who you're in the race with. Yourself.
"Are you good enough, Matt?"
"[censored] no! But my work is good enough right now to begin reaching audiences." 🙂 "Next month, it will be even better. And I'm not stopping there." 👍
Interesting fact to keep in mind when that imposter syndrome hits:
Imposters rarely experience imposter syndrome.
So paradoxically, if you're feeling like an imposter, you probably aren't!
Ultimately, it's a feeling that you don't belong. Rest assured, you are weird enough that you are, definitively, part of This Tribe of people who wander through waking dreams to discover Story.
I call myself an extroverted introvert too. I don't like being in big crowds or being the center of attention. And social gatherings after a while drain me and I need alone time. But I still enjoy socializing and talking in smaller groups or one on one, and I can talk your ear off in that situation, but the bigger the group, the quieter I become.
I can't act to save my life, but I do have a constant internal monologue going. Not to mention a peanut gallery of various characters chattering at me constantly.....