Nerd Church - Appreciate Yourself

I'm goddamn tired.

You ever feel like you work your a** off, and there's just... no pay-off?

I kind of feel like that. And I kind of don't.

I'm the world's harshest critic when it comes to myself.

I have to work very hard to stop myself from working too hard.

(I know, my life is a walking contradiction.)

Because my default, when things are stressful, is to work even harder.

Which... is not a good plan.





I've talked before about reminding yourself that you're not the answer to the world's ills.

You can't fix everything.

And, if you're like me, you might feel like you've somehow failed when you can't do that.

But you haven't - I promise!

You know what I think - I think people forget how goddamn hard it is to work on things, to do things, to make things happen.


"Oh, you work for yourself?

Must be nice to be at home all day!

Breaks whenever you want!

And it's not like it's 'real' work, after all."




"Oh, you blog?

That's not hard, though, is it?

It's not 'real' writing."




"Oh you write?

That's nice. I wish I had more spare time.

How many books have you published?"



(The correct reply to all of these conversations is to scream internally and mention to the Elves that you dislike this person. What the Fair Ones do with this info. is up to them.)






Yeah, there're advantages to working from home, and from pursuing creative whatjamathings but... it's still work.

And to be honest, if I worked these hours for a company, it'd probably be against labour laws.

And even just working day-in, day-out in a regular full-time or part-time job* is damned hard.

Just because other people do it, it doesn't mean it's easy!

(If you're one of those mythical people with an easy job, by the way, please spread the pot of gold around to the rest of us.

Diolch yn fawr iawn.)



*Or school. Or being a carer. Or searching for work. Or any other thing that requires work or labour.

It's important that we appreciate the work we put into, well... everything.

The work we put into our relationships, our work, our passions, our hobbies, our survivals, and our selves.

Cos if you look back at a day or a week or whatever, and you're just like: 'Well, I got through it,' - THAT'S FREAKING AMAZING.

Life is hard.

Maybe for some people it isn't.

But those people probably don't give a sh** about this post to begin with.

(And they need to get on with spreading that pot of gold, yeah?)

For the rest of us? Survival is an achievement.

Cos you're f**king here. And that's fantastic.

So take a moment, and appreciate all that you do.

Appreciate that achievements are hard. And that people rarely give you the credit you deserve.

You're amazing, dearest nerdlets, and please remember that however slow you feel that things are moving, you're doing fine.

And you should be proud of yourself. Cos I'm f**king proud of you!

OK, so... hopefully this post made the least bit of sense! But I'm gonna take my own advice and appreciate the fact that I managed to get it written given that life is hectic af atm!

Do you need to appreciate yourself more?

Do you think people give you enough credit?

Do you give other people enough credit for what they do?

Talk to me! 👍💬 

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Related Reading:

• Nerd Church - The Basics of Self-Care

• Nerd Church - Pressure, Obligations, and 'Good Enough'

• Nerd Church - Holding Up The Sky With a Teaspoon

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Last updated: 9th October 2018