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When early success becomes a creative burden

I won a small prize for my photography and now I feel pressure to live up to something I am not sure I can repeat

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Recognition creates expectations that transform joyful creation into anxious performance.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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