How to Stay Lit When Everything Wants to Dim You
The spark. The "holy shit, this could actually work" feeling. The thing that makes you stay up until 4am building, creating, believing.
It's not infinite.
And nobody warns you about that.
They don't tell you that hope is a resource. That it leaks. That every setback, every silence, every "no one's buying, no one's commenting, no one gives a shit" moment drains the tank a little more.
Until one day you wake up and the spark is just... dim.
Not gone. But flickering. Tired. Wondering what the point is.
I've been there. More than once.
And here's what I've learned:
The spark doesn't die all at once.
It dies in small moments. When you refresh the page and see zero sales. When you post something you're proud of and hear crickets. When someone you thought would show up for you doesn't.
It dies when you compare your chapter one to someone else's chapter twenty.
It dies when you stop celebrating the small shit because you're too focused on what hasn't happened yet.
Getting it back is harder than keeping it.
Trust me on that.
Once it's dim, you have to fight for it. You have to remind yourself why you started. You have to dig through old screenshots, old notes, old proof that you ARE doing something — even when it doesn't feel like it.
It's exhausting.
So protect the spark now. Before it flickers.
How?
- Stop refreshing. The numbers will be there later. Obsessing over them in real-time will drain you.
- Celebrate the small shit. Posted today? Win. Someone read your words? Win. Still here? Win.
- Block the noise. Comparison is a spark killer. So is anyone who makes you feel stupid for trying.
- Remember: you're building something most people don't have the guts to start. That matters.
The spark is the point.
Not the money. Not the followers. Not the sales.
The spark is the thing that got you here. It's the thing that will carry you forward.
Don't let it die because the world is slow to catch up.
Stay lit. 🔥
Stay a little longer
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