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Why research can become a form of creative self-sabotage

Every time I sit down to write I immediately open my laptop and start researching what other people have already written about my exact idea until I convince myself there is no point

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You are using intellectual preparation as a sophisticated form of procrastination to avoid the risk of original expression.

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