So here’s something I wonder if we all wrestle with. And I apologize if its been covered here before.
As an entrepreneur I rarely question decisions as I make them. I’m able to negotiate business situations with a fair amount of ease and confidence. But when I finally sit down at my rig to start writing, no matter what the project I am absolutely overcome with crippling self-doubt.
My mind starts racing. Am I a good enough composer to do this gig? Will I make my deadline? Do I have the chops for this particular style of writing? Is what I’m about to write going to sound like the last thing I did? Am I a fraud? etc…
Then while all of that races around my brain I commence a grand procrastination. I clean out the studio fridge. Troll the web for new sample libraries. Catch up on all the unread ‘Perspective’ posts etc.
Once I actually start writing, the problem seems to dissipate. I still get that feeling like ‘I wonder if this is good enough’, but by the time I get to the end of a cue, I’m back to feeling confident again.
Does anyone have a good way to combat this sort of thing, or maybe is it in some perverse way healthy?
