Why You Should Produce a Lot

Get Excited and Make Things

Across all forms of art there are those that produce in obnoxious and sometimes obsessive amounts. The Beatles, Tupac and Lil Wayne are just a few artists off the top of my mind that I pulled from this list of compulsive creators. There is a lot they can teach us about churning out work.

Not everything you produce will be a hit

This should be a fundamental understanding. Not everything you do will be popular or go viral. It doesn’t matter how popular you are online or offline, there are people somewhere who genuinely enjoy your work. And that number doesn’t matter.

We work things out when we create

Last week I was talking with my old Editor-In-Chief from the CU Independent, and I was telling her about my interest in getting back into blogging. She told me just to do it; the concerns that I had about what I was writing about would work themselves out with time.

As you produce, you work through things: emotions, fears, et cetera. Musicians are one of the best examples of this, pouring their souls into your favorite lyrics while working through those same emotions.

Practice

Every time you do something, you get better at it. The more novice you are, the greater and more noticeable your leaps are in proficiency. 

Keep making things. Talent is the desire to practice. And, most importantly, go have some fun.

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