How much contempt for your own creative work is healthy?

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stephaniefoo said: Enough to doubt everything you make but not enough to keep you from making a big whopping shit-ton of it.

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theresalighton said: I have so much contempt for mine that I no longer do any. Unlike you though, I don’t have any talent!

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infinite-in-faculties said: I think it is probably wise to dislike your work enough to want to improve upon it. If you hate it too much you’ll give it up for dead. If you love it too much, you’ll never work to be the best at what you do.

rollerghoster said: i hate mine.

baitandswitch said: Are you having a hard day? That sucks. Have you read Freedom yet? I am thinking about reading it.

mar-see-ah said: think of it not as contempt but as constructive criticism. Also. Being too in love with your work is not productive.

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mariposima said: I am not a good person to ask because my own personal contempt for anything I do creatively is crippling. Wondering where CV went? Where is that photo blog anyway? So maybe the answer is when it leads you to self sabotage…

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chels said: Lots. I mean, from my experience, a whole heckuva lot.

jheath said: If you’re anything like me, and granted I don’t work in a creative field, then just enough contempt to make you want to constantly work harder because it’s obvious you’re the worst ever and should be ashamed of yourself. But that’s just me.