I was thinking recently as I got all of my stuff done super fast to the point where I actually had excess amounts of time to literally just relax if I wanted to. I was even trying to figure out if I could do anything extra to come out even further ahead for the next day, but in general I have to wait and see what challenges arises on the next day which means I have to wait.
It got me to think where I didn’t really have any fear in the work I was doing which could be a good thing for many. But for me I see that as a potential warning that not being challenged can mean I am not growing versus just maintaining. So what to do? What I ended up doing was create an online project for fun and threw it out there for e heck of it as I didn’t really expect much since I was kind of just goofing around and trying new stuff.
To my surprise, it actually got great reception from a lot of people to the point where it was actually outperforming some of my other established projects. For this I had that sense of uncertainty as well which was what I was looking for oddly enough. It actually inspired me to try and create more to see if I was onto something new and challenging.
You need to provide yourself challenges constantly I find anyways. That’s often where the innovation and growth comes from when you try and conquer things that scare you. It’s kind of counter intuitive too in regards to doing things that you potentially fear huh?