[Ipg-smz] not my best work

Tom Geller tom at tomgeller.com
Fri Feb 15 16:11:49 UTC 2019


I think you gave the best advice: "put it on the shelf and revisit it in a day or three". I do that far too rarely. Good luck.

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> On 15 Feb 2019, at 17:07, Matt Heusser <matt at xndev.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm a little cranky today because I'm finishing up a piece and it is not my best work. I know, when you write at the volume we do, about 50% of our stuff will not be our best work because that is how averages work - what about about when you know something is bottom 25%?
> 
> It's easy for me to pick a fight about an AI tool or some nits about a social movement instead of working on improving my own game.
> 
> For now I'll put it on the shelf and revisit it in a day or three with fresh eyes.
> 
> Does anyone else have ideas with how to deal with this sort of situation?
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