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Common Sayings That Are True Yet Profoundly Irritating
Just Because Something Is True Doesn’t Mean It Feels Good
Lately, I’ve been having a lot of trouble coming up with a new topic to write about. While I started off the month keeping a great track record where I was posting a new story at least once every other day (hell, sometimes even multiple times a day) and have made more on Medium this month than I ever have before, I’m starting to find myself grasping at straws.
When I look to popular Medium writers with crazy followings who post at least one article per day with attention-grabbing headlines and thousands upon thousands of claps, I start to feel myself sinking in my chair a little bit. Is my success on Medium this month to be short-lived? Worst of all, is it going to be due to my sheer lack of any meaningful ideas?
As I scrolled through the Medium profiles of some of my favorite writers in search of even a small glint of inspiration, one particular saying kept popping into my head over and over again: “Stop comparing yourself to others, because you’ll always come up short.”
I can’t even begin to explain how true this statement is.
At the same time, I can’t even begin to describe how infuriating it was to have it repeat in my mind over and over again as I…
