By Nick Cross
A month ago, I wrote the following on the wall of our top-secret Notes from the Slushpile hideout:
In the last week, I have:Why indeed? The Slushpile team were supportive in their replies (apart from Candy Gourlay who I trust was joking when she called me a lazy man!). But for me, the inherent problem lay in that final question. Why wasn't I satisfied with what I'd done, and what did I need to do to make sure that I was?So why do I constantly feel like I'm not doing enough?
- Attended two book launches
- Edited a 1500 word story down to 1000 words for the next issue of Stew Magazine
- Formatted and scheduled next week's Alphabet Soup article and started work on the week after
- Commissioned two more Alphabet Soup articles
- Written a Slushpile blog
- Worked full-time for 5 days
That led me to take a hard look at my own beliefs. For years, I believed that the more busy I was, the more I would get done. But what if that wasn't true? What if I could get better results and more satisfaction by doing less?
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