Let me start by saying I’m not proud of this post. I always tell myself I don’t want to post a new thread until I have something of value to share. On the other hand, this journey is a very lonely one and I treasure the moments when I can get a bit of chit chat with you guys and a bit of support. So here I am.
Okay like the title says. My mindset is suffering. Ever since the start of the year when I got kind of stuck with my book sales it hit me harder. I’m not sure how to say it but in a way I got to new levels of action I’d never been to and that’s good. On the other hand I found some new, bad resistance. Some beliefs just appeared in my mind and they’re festering there:
I don’t feel I have what it takes. I adopted the mindset of a producer, and I try to use that filter when approaching ideas. Immediately I encounter questions, mostly operational related, and get blocked. My mind suddenly realizes I’m in charge of figuring out an item’s supply chain, marketing, LLC formation, accounting, and goes into meltdown mode, having no idea where to start and more importantly not believing I’m capable of managing such thing.
I went from thinking “if other people do this I should be able too” to “other people can do this, but I can’t”. Why? Idk. It just seems like that these days. I’m torn between telling myself I’m being realist and telling myself that I’m just using the wrong set of beliefs for some reason, but I have that little voice telling me “not everyone can do it and that’s okay” and I want it to shut up.
I’ve been exploring several avenues that ultimately just feel like money chasing because while I know im not supposed to reinvent the wheel I can’t find a place where I can add value.
That makes me sad.
I could handle the desert if I had something I believed in but currently I don’t think I have a productocracy in my hands, of any kind. I look around me and I’ve been finding solutions have been made for all of what I look into, and they’re made well. I feel I’m scrambling to find the value add and as such the ideas are not worthy.
I guess I should just give it up for now? Give it more time? Is this like dating, when you stop looking for it it comes to you or something lame like that? Because as it is it consumes my everyday thought yet I’m not getting anywhere.
It sucks knowing what your purpose is and sucking a$$ at it. It’s like wanting to be a doctor to help people and you keep failing all your exams. Do you really want it?! You must not want it that bad huh. Or maybe you do want it but you’ve dyslexia and you’re having the time of your life everytime you study.
To top it off and because I’m supposed to compare myself to better people, all I see is success I don’t yet have. The carrot dangles everywhere and I’m hungry. Do I not have what it takes? If that’s the case I’m pretty effed cause it’s not like I have a 401k I started in my 20s so... I better get what it takes if I don’t have it.
Aight I think I’m done. I love you guys, never change.
Okay like the title says. My mindset is suffering. Ever since the start of the year when I got kind of stuck with my book sales it hit me harder. I’m not sure how to say it but in a way I got to new levels of action I’d never been to and that’s good. On the other hand I found some new, bad resistance. Some beliefs just appeared in my mind and they’re festering there:
I don’t feel I have what it takes. I adopted the mindset of a producer, and I try to use that filter when approaching ideas. Immediately I encounter questions, mostly operational related, and get blocked. My mind suddenly realizes I’m in charge of figuring out an item’s supply chain, marketing, LLC formation, accounting, and goes into meltdown mode, having no idea where to start and more importantly not believing I’m capable of managing such thing.
I went from thinking “if other people do this I should be able too” to “other people can do this, but I can’t”. Why? Idk. It just seems like that these days. I’m torn between telling myself I’m being realist and telling myself that I’m just using the wrong set of beliefs for some reason, but I have that little voice telling me “not everyone can do it and that’s okay” and I want it to shut up.
I’ve been exploring several avenues that ultimately just feel like money chasing because while I know im not supposed to reinvent the wheel I can’t find a place where I can add value.
That makes me sad.
I could handle the desert if I had something I believed in but currently I don’t think I have a productocracy in my hands, of any kind. I look around me and I’ve been finding solutions have been made for all of what I look into, and they’re made well. I feel I’m scrambling to find the value add and as such the ideas are not worthy.
I guess I should just give it up for now? Give it more time? Is this like dating, when you stop looking for it it comes to you or something lame like that? Because as it is it consumes my everyday thought yet I’m not getting anywhere.
It sucks knowing what your purpose is and sucking a$$ at it. It’s like wanting to be a doctor to help people and you keep failing all your exams. Do you really want it?! You must not want it that bad huh. Or maybe you do want it but you’ve dyslexia and you’re having the time of your life everytime you study.
To top it off and because I’m supposed to compare myself to better people, all I see is success I don’t yet have. The carrot dangles everywhere and I’m hungry. Do I not have what it takes? If that’s the case I’m pretty effed cause it’s not like I have a 401k I started in my 20s so... I better get what it takes if I don’t have it.
Aight I think I’m done. I love you guys, never change.
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