The Pregnant Pause before Success

Hang in there, they say. Don’t give up too son.

This content creation, man. Aspiring to be

Another influencer? Another online “salesperson”

Or the face of a brand and somehow an identity?

Tenacity, dedication, consistency.

Don’t give up, keep going. Every. Single. Damn.

Day. Keep. At it. Every. Day.

What if I’m neurodivergent? What if I have

Undiagnosed ADHD?

Doesn’t matter. Keep going. In whatever way

You can. Follow your passions. Write out

Your checklists. Process it the way you need.

Keep going. Don’t give up.

If it helps to organise your flow.

A bucket here for First Drafts.

A bucket there for Second Drafts.

A bucket here for Final Submissions.

Routine doesn’t have to be an everyday

Commitment. Break it up. Weekly or

Bi-weekly (fortnightly), or monthly.

You don’t want to start something and then

Give up one-third of the way through.

Rather, allow yourself to plan in cycles.

You know this task will take a weekly 3 to 4

Hours of energy. And even after that,

You’ll need more breaks. So chip away

At it that way. Not everyday. An afternoon

Each week. Or every two weeks. Or simply,

Once a month.

Daily tasks have to be easy. It’s unsustainable

If it’s not. Keep up what you can on the daily.

The smaller exertions, such as first drafts.

Brain dump. Get it all out.

iPad notes app - good enough.

Use the dictation tools, if that helps. You know,

The little microphone icon that when you press it,

The AI will capture your voice to generate

Typed out words for you. You can always go

Back in to edit and clean it up.

Processing emotions in whatever healthy way

You can. Meditate. Write. Paint. Draw.

Let it all be expressed.

Humans want Humanity.

Humans want the Truth of the Human experience.

A robot can copy and paste, but a robot

Does not experience what we experience.

We try to capture it, but it is effervescent.

Don't give up. This is only the

Pregnant Pause before success.

You'll succeed by doing things

Your Way.