by Cassie Howard | Apr 11, 2017 | Blogging |
I was just now reading a post on Facebook from one of my mentors talking about what it’s like to work from flow, and I realized that my idea of flow is when I’m constantly taking big risks. I take big risks often and unlike most people, I LOVE the fear associated with taking those risks. I was having a conversation with someone the other day about how I need (no seriously, NEED) to put myself into a really risky situation, money-wise, to the point of us possibly losing our home and living on the streets, before I’m willing to commit to doing what is necessary to increase my income substantially. “That’s fucked up”, they said. “I know”, I replied. But the thing is, I also know myself and I know that I produce better under pressure. Give me a deadline and I’ll leave it forever, right up until the last hour, when I’ll finally say to myself “okay, I guess I should get this done now…”! And then I can hammer it out in under an hour, usually. But if I started working on it right away and gave myself days or weeks to get it done, the process would be slow and painful and the work produced likely wouldn’t be very good because I wouldn’t be working from flow (under the pressure). It’s like when I hired my last publicist. I just straight up told her to send me the bill so I could pay it right away. I didn’t have the money to pay her that month, I’d already spent it on mentors, my team, and other...
