Has anyone had a pro
[2023-07-06 10:44:48 AM] : Has anyone had a project/something start to do well and then just utterly not be interested? I had my first paying customer on a random side project and internally I was like, "I don't want to do anything with this at all."
How did you rationally think through that?
I refunded the customer and am looking for someone to take over and make it better than I could. But it feels so counterintuitive to what I would have thought I would have felt.
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[2023-07-06 10:52:15 AM] : I expected to feel a ":tada: yeah, I just made money" and instead I was like "oh :hankey:, we gotta cut this off right now."
[2023-07-06 12:20:06 PM] : IME this is rather common form of self-sabotage.
[2023-07-06 12:20:08 PM] : https://stackingthebricks.com/fear-of-success/
[2023-07-06 12:20:23 PM] : specifically #1 in this list
[2023-07-06 02:47:41 PM] : Interesting. I need to take a bit more time to consider this I think. Thanks for sharing that article!
[2023-07-06 03:13:40 PM] : for sure! it's a very counterintuitive set of feelings, and I know that it's jarring. you're definitely not alone in this experience.
[2023-07-06 03:20:34 PM] : the good news is, I think you already identified the key clue. this isn't a rational line of thinking, so processing it as if it were won't get you out of it!
it's a great idea to think on why you felt the way you did, and even what other experiences that it might remind you of similar choices or reactions. there's nothing bad or wrong here, just stuff to work on improving :yellow_heart: