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With All Due Respect to Flow State Evangelists
My. Writing. Takes. Time
Dear Flow State Evangelists,
I know you.
Your articles are always in my face based upon my reading history. It is a reminder of the untapped potential of the zone. You remind me of how much more I can be when I focus my superpowers (writing in this case) to the point where I can churn out masterpiece after masterpiece to become a god on this app. Some of you go as far as reminding me that the reason why my Medium stats (read as earnings) aren’t doing so well is because I haven’t mastered the art of taking thought to page in a shorter time, and being more consistent with it.
I wrote 100 articles in 100 hours.
Well, congratulations.
For the rest of us whose process takes much longer we salute your fecundity. Trust me, we get where you are coming from. I understand what it means to be the store front that opens at the same time each day selling something that the world wants. I understand the dynamics of prosperity and social capital that rests on showing up on these e-streets come rain, come sunshine. It is the perfect market strategy for a world increasingly dependent on throwaway content for its fix, but the questions is: What are you selling? 7 reasons why you should swear more; or I didn’t speak for 10 days, and…
