Productivity is killing your memoir

"If I could only just sit down, focus, and knock this out..."

How many times have you said this to yourself about your writing? I certainly have, far too many times. Since when do we want to "knock out" things that we love? Truth we want to share? Connections we want to make? When we start thinking about our writing like a job at a word factory, our connection with it suffers. We struggle to see the big picture of why we want to write it in the first place, and we develop an antagonistic relationship with it. This will happen for so many writers, often many times in their careers, but you don't have to get stuck there.

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Timestamps:

0:00- Intro

1:45- Productivity in contemporary society

2:50- Productivity versus creativity

5:50- Factory production versus craftsmen

8:12- Creating like children

11:30-Value in the Process

12:30- Creating Page and Podium

14:20- Personal burnout example

18:40- Stop Shaming Ourselves

20:00- The problem with "Knocking it out"

24:30- Planning creative work like a vacation

29:00- Learning to love the process

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