This lines up with my own experience with writing and (more recently) blogging.<p>You get over the fear of writing by doing a LOT of it, until you get to a point where writing a story or blog post stops feeling "special" and becomes just another thing you do. Each individual piece of writing stops feeling like an important work of art that you must get right at any cost, and becomes more like doing the dishes or taking out the garbage.<p>You can then separate the act of creating from the act of curating and editing. I regularly cut thousands of words from my writing before I share in public. I regularly throw away (well, archive) fully written drafts because I don't like them. A few years ago, this would've been unimaginable. Today, it feels like part of the process.<p>At some point, you gain confidence that you'll always have another story, another blog post, another poem inside you. If the current thing sucks, you just write another thing, and another, and another, until something clicks. It's freeing.<p>IME when creative work starts feeling like "just a job" is EXACTLY when it also becomes most fulfilling and satisfying.
What about quality though? Some people produce a lot of writing or music for years and it all sucks. Maybe while you're producing a lot you should also try to improve quality, to the extent that it doesn't stop you from producing. But I don't know how to find the right balance on this.
I've heard this sentiment repeated and I believe it, but at least the purpose of my own blog is to communicate insights I've had. I almost make a point out of not blogging unless I feel that I have something truly interesting to share. It seems that flipping that around would come at a price.<p>Come think it, I feel that I have on the other side of this many times: I read a post or watch a video that opens up something in my brain and I get a sort of crush on the author. I read everything they write or watch all their videos. For some authors, I retain interest. But for others, where it seems like they produce regularly in order to maintain the frequency, I lose interest.
The meaning of this is dismayingly slippery. You're presumably being creative and enjoying it, for all this "just a job".<p>> Routines might be a better name, but I like how action-oriented and well defined "chore" sounds.<p>The article's use of "boring" is somewhat misleading too, I think. It's trendy to say that being bored is good, but really that's always about enjoying patience, not about experiencing drudgery and having a miserable time.