You Haven’t Told Your Best Stories Yet
An Inspirational Manifesto You Can Hang On Your Wall
Do you also feel that you have accomplished so little, yet you have so much to contribute to the world?
That is exactly how I feel.
I feel that I have millions of words inside me, but I have written too little until now. I feel I have hundreds of stories to tell the world, but I have done a dismal job of telling these stories. I feel I have thousands of artwork inside me, but I have created very little art. All this agony and pain inside me. It is literally killing me slowly.
How do we deal with this intense frustration?
In this article, I will share my own tips on how I deal with such frustration.
I will also try to share some inspirational words for you, so that you can feel better about yourself and the future.
Six Tips for Moving Forward as a Creator
Let’s start with 6 practical tips for going forward:
1. Look at the positive side
You still have a lot to give. A lot to create. A lot to write. This means you have this enormous potential and opportunities ahead of you. Your past does not define your future, and you can get better every day if you put your mind to it. You just need to aim for small steps of improvement and consistent action every day.
2. Create small victories
Without breaking the chain, you need to create, write, shoot, or draw something small every day. Whatever your goals are, break them down into the smallest pieces possible, and then start collecting some small victories. You have written just one sentence? Brilliant, this is an amazing start! Congratulate yourself and try to write your second sentence now. And then your third. This is how success is achieved: You start with very small steps, repeat these steps, and achieve momentum. Before you know it, you will find yourself writing and creating in a flow state.
3. Achieve momentum by overcoming obstacles
Experiencing a flow state is one of the most rewarding experiences a creator or a writer can achieve, but it is not easy to reach this state. You need to be patient and consistent in your work. You need to deal with the frustration of facing a blank page, a writer’s block, plus the evil voice inside your head trying to discourage you all the time.
4. Lengthen your attention span
You need to learn how to achieve deep work by lengthening your attention span. In the crazy TikTok age that we are living in, it is very difficult to control and direct your attention to create or write. When you are writing or creating, you will feel bored and anguished. Your mind nowadays is the mind of a squirrel or a monkey — it will try to escape from the difficult task at hand. The process of writing can be soul-crashing if you do not find strategies to playfully trick your brain into writing and turn writing into a game. Hang in there even if you hate it and it gets difficult or painful.
5. Build your own system of productivity
You need to build a system that makes your writing and content creation effortless. Like a well-oiled machine, you need to find ways to eliminate friction. You need to block time in your calendar and you will treat this time as sacred. Eliminate distractions and put your phone in air-plane mode. Be ruthless and say no to everything else.
6. Do not wait for inspiration — create or write instantly
You will not wait for inspiration, you will just force yourself into a mode of instant creation. Start your work or art in five seconds — you will lose your focus and sharpness if you don’t. Remember: One sentence you have already written is better than 10 sentences you plan to write. One small action you have already taken is better than 10 detailed plans you make. The secret is in instant action and creation — be ready to jump in cold water and immerse yourself in uncertainty or chaos.
An Inspirational Manifesto For You
Here is my manifesto for you. Please take it seriously. Celebrate and cherish it. Hang it on your wall. Treat this document as sacred — it is your personal constitution.
Give yourself space and time to leave a legacy.
You haven’t created your best works yet.
You haven’t unleashed your best talents yet.
You haven’t written your best posts yet.
You haven’t told your best stories yet.
You haven’t composed your most beautiful music yet.
You haven’t created your best assets or contents yet.
You haven’t yet learned the things that will excite you the most.
You have a very promising life full of art, creativity, storytelling, hard work, experimentation, and entrepreneurship ahead of you.
In ten years, you will be totally different person. Your vision and contribution will be infinitely bigger than today. That person is a much more visionary, formidable, creative, and wise version of your current self.
The bigger your dreams are, the further you will be able to carry yourself forward into the future.
You need to respect yourself in 2031 (or in 10 years from now). Your future self will emerge and grow incredibly over the next decade.
In order to actualize your future self, you have to take small steps every day — like an ant going on pilgrimage. This means you will walk and make small progress even when you do not feel like it or do not know your destination.
You will immensely enjoy your process and journey — which means doing it justice with persistence, hope, courage, and consistency (small steps every day). It also involves being curious, learning, working hard, overcoming obstacles, making experiments, surprising yourself and others, and teaching what you learn.
You should constantly remind yourself that you will achieve 10, 50, 100 times more than what you have achieved so far.
You should aim to learn and grow 10 times more each year.
Even a small sentence has its value. Even a small doodle you create has its value. Everything you learn and create is valuable.
You will generate much greater value.
You will have much better days.
Do not ever quit having big dreams. You are as big as your dreams.
You will walk into your own future with hope, courage, conviction, persistent hard work, patience, and small steps.
