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Reject That Article, Yourself!
The way you reject your friend’s toothpaste choice
Sometimes all we need is a sense of freedom.
Sometimes some pieces are never worth it.
Sometimes it’s better to stop working on that.
Because sometimes those pieces paralyze us for weeks. And we doubt on ourselves for months.
If you don’t feel like working on an idea, stop that. That’s the signal that it isn’t worth it now.
There’s no pressure on you. That’s not a must. It’s not the top-priority of Facebook’s daily sprint goal.
Switch the idea.
Avoid the scarcity mindset.
That article will be bad anyway, and when you submit to publications with guilt and get rejected, you’ll feel bad.
When you self-publish with a lot of courage and get crickets, you feel worse.
You go for a one-night-stay-over to your friend’s house. In hurries, you forget your toothpaste. “Ouch!” The one at your friend’s home? That’s too harsh for you. “Ouch!”
What’s sad? There’s no extra toothpaste available at his home. Only five extra toothbrushes.
What’s the option now? Either you can walk/drive half a mile and go buy one or you use…
