Call for submissions — is jealousy stealing your joy?
We all have dreams of turning our passion for writing and creating into something the world recognizes. There’s an image we hold in our minds of what our careers can look like and some of us are closer to that image than others.
When we look across the virtual room and see our peers absolutely killing it and getting the attention that we’re working so hard to achieve, our emotions can get the best of us. We compare. Even though we know we’re not supposed to, our initial reaction is some version of “why not me?”
The question we need to ask ourselves is how much are we letting those comparisons impact our own journey? Are we becoming deflated because we’re not at the level of that other person we saw rise to success? Do we start to push ourselves to work harder or force ourselves to do things outside of our character to get attention?
Are the emotions you feel watching the success of other artists stealing the joy you feel in creating your own work?
Write about it. Maybe you have a story of a time you felt exactly like this. Maybe you’ve done something you never thought you would to get attention. Maybe you have parameters in place to protect yourself from falling into this trap.
Same rules as always:If you’re already a writer for CRY, go ahead and submit.If you’re not a writer for CRY but would like to submit to this request, let us know and we’ll add you ASAP.Be as creative as you want in your submissions. As long as you stick to the topic, we’ll consider it.Just because you submit doesn’t mean we’ll post. If you haven’t heard back from us in three days, consider that a pass.Deadline to submit is this Friday, January 22.Please reach out if you have any questions at all. If you are new to Medium, here’s how you submit a draft to a publication.
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