My dear friend, Logan, recommended I read Steven Pressfield’s ‘The War of Art’ back in 2015, and it changed my life. Heck, if it wasn’t for that book, I wouldn’t have traveled down the Mississippi River or started this blog.
The book centres around every artists’ nemesis: Resistance (the capital R is important).
Every writer, musician, business person, or creative battles with Resistance. It’s a malicious force that says you’re not ready, that you’re not good enough, and that you shouldn’t risk failure.
Fighting Resistance is a daily fight, and the our challenge each day is to deal with it; to sit down and do the work, regardless of how we feel.
I knew this book meant something to me, but when I saw Ryan Holiday’s post about how almost every writer and artist he knows swears by it, I wasn’t the least bit surprised.
So if you feel like you’ve got something to say or share with the world, I hope you pick up a copy. Then send me a note about how you found it!
“The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.” —Steven Pressfield