Why You Think Your Work Is Shit (And Why That's Actually Normal)
The Gap closes when you start telling your story, not when you're ready to tell it
Most community projects and coworking spaces I know have brilliant members sitting three seats apart, each convinced they need an expert's permission before they can help each other solve their problems.
Six weeks ago, I wrote about how comfort becomes complicity - how we're trapped in the Consumer Story, waiting for perfection while the world burns.
But there's another trap: thinking you need to find your voice before you can use it.
I've been through this whole process myself. I keep going through it.
For 10 years in London, I organised hundreds of meetups with fellow creators, including the London Bloggers Meetup, London Podcast Meetup, and Write Club at @Work Hubs.
Same pattern every week:
London Bloggers: People obsessing over SEO before they'd written a single post.
London Podcasters: Endless debates about which mic to buy. No one had recorded anything.
I ran a regular session called "Get Your Blog Moving" - a group of us who couldn't get out of our own way.
All stuck in what Ira Glass calls "The Gap" - that painful space between your taste and your ability.
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