The importance of doing things we are bad at

Fear of being bad can get in the way of making traction on our goals, projects and ideas for the year ahead. Here’s how to embrace being bad and get the most out of being a beginner.
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The start of a New Year often brings a new slate of projects, ideas, goals and hopes for our careers and creative projects.

Our robust arts industry is evidence that such ideas do get off the ground – be it credit to ourselves, collaborators and hardworking teams – but for some of us, there can often be a longer list of things we didn’t manage to start or pursue.

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Madeleine Dore
About the Author
Madeleine Dore is a freelance writer and founder of Extraordinary Routines, an interview project exploring the intersection between creativity and imperfection. She is the previous Deputy Editor at ArtsHub. Follow her on Twitter at @RoutineCurator