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Strange questions that sometimes need answering (or not asking in the first place really).

Both our dogs are in a urn now. Jeeves is neatly packed in a nice box with a lid and picture of him on it. Whilst Zane is in a box that's far too big. Mostly because his ashes slosch from side to side.
 
Why is imposter syndrome a thing? I know (mostly) what I'm doing at work and know how to get around it if not. I've been told and shown by people they think I I know what I'm doing. So why the ****** hell does my brain not think I know what I am doing?! How does that work?
 
I suffer from the same thing. All my life ive always thought I would get found out and people would run out of patients with my slow way doing things.

I've started a new role at work and have almost had panic attacks about doing a simple task. All because my brain is constantly saying "this is it, you will be out the door and on the dole" wife is always telling me "he wouldn't have you in that position if he doesn't trust you" she's right. But when I'm handing over this month's invoices a big part of me can't shake off the feeling I've horrifically ****** up.
 
I can’t answer why some people experience imposter syndrome.

However, the thing i always keep in mind when my own imposter syndrome kicks in is that some of the most impressive, intelligent, irreproachably professional colleagues I’ve ever worked with also experience it.

That helps quell the fear that it’s ability-based fear, suggesting it’s a rootless anxiety.

Also, always remember praise. It’s often hard-earned in the workplace.
 
Poisson said:
Why is imposter syndrome a thing? I know (mostly) what I'm doing at work and know how to get around it if not. I've been told and shown by people they think I I know what I'm doing. So why the ****** hell does my brain not think I know what I am doing?! How does that work?
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Oh good, I thought it was just me! Been doing my job for over two decades, people specifically ask for me and tell me its because they want someone who knows what they are doing..... Yet I still panic that I’m **** at my job!

I reckon it’s because the more you learn about a subject, the more you realise what you don’t know. The big boss phoned me the day before this current gig to check if I knew how to opperate a piece of kit. (Bit late at that point?).
I answered,
“Opperate, sure.... Set up from scratch, no. If it’s plug and play there won’t be a problem, but if it’s going to involve assigning IP addresses or something I’m afraid I won’t have a clue.”
He replied,
“Great, that’s why we like you. You’re honnest. No problem, see you tomorrow!”
Left me speechless for a few seconds, and in a good way.

Edit to add:

I think, like everything else, I can blame my total lack of confidence on my parents.
 
After the excitement of Nemesis™ opening at the weekend. I have had a bit of thought.

I understand very much why folk make YouTube videos and I praise them for having the energy to do it. Same with anyone who makes a podcast about anything. The time and effort put into it, I doff my cap to you.

But at what stage does this get in the way of you enjoying the subject you create content on? For what I've seen, I reckon people work harder on this than they do their own careers. I understand if you really tow ya parts off it can be a job. Literally just seen a lad who makes a living playing football manager!! Surely there comes a point where in the back of the mind, a small voice says "this isn't fun anymore!"

It could be me over thinking this. I'm using theme park content creators(not you @BarryZola ) as an example because it's why we are here. Football content creators on YouTube are a special breed, thats another subject. There were times, especially Saturday where I felt like putting my arm round some, and just say "it's only a leisure activity.....put the camara down and experience this through your own eyes for once. Don't worry about what you are going to post. Or how many clicks it will get. Enjoy the moment first."

Remember, we do this as a leisure activity. To get away from life's stresses and strains. If it starts to become one of life's hassles, you have r maybe gone too far.
 
Well said. I get fed up of people telling me I should find a way to monetise my Lego.
Hell no! The moment your hobby becomes your income, it ceases to be fun! Not everything you do has to make you money.
 
Somebody my wife works with, reviews Lego for a magazine called bricks. I think that's what it's called. He says the same. It's ok to do, but when a hobby starts having deadlines it becomes a chore.

I'm not bemoaning anyone making some pennies from it. If you are going to do it. At least make it worth my while to watch. Do it right and I won't press skip on the ads button.
 
I've had suggestions to film some of the silly adventures I go on. Refuse point blank because it's not fun to work on holiday. I'll write or contribute to a TR for here if I can be bothered as there is no deadline and no stress.
 
DiogoJ42 said:
Well said. I get fed up of people telling me I should find a way to monetise my Lego.
Hell no! The moment your hobby becomes your income, it ceases to be fun! Not everything you do has to make you money.
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Yeah, but no, but, my piratical friend...
I turned my fun hobby into my job after 25 years of completely different work.
I still like mowing lawns, digging muddy holes, and chatting to the robins and happy punters...and buggering off to the coasters when it rains.
But I know what you mean.
 
When you start making a little bit of money on Youtube you can start to feel pressure to just put vids out as quickly as possible to feed the algorithm and therefore keep money coming in. I don't upload that often to my AT channel and it's not monetised. I tend to only bother when it's something that intrigues/excites me. I did spend a lot of the day recording on Saturday. Could I have spent a bit more time just riding rides or whatever? Probably, but in my case I'll probably visit another 5-10 times this season just to go on the rides, so I don't mind writing off one days riding when I know I will do it plenty as the season goes on.
There's no way these guys who are uploading a few times a week are having much fun anymore. At that point you're just finding any excuse to upload and there's no way in most cases that they're even interested in 80% of the stuff they're churning out. It is just work. Constantly thinking about the next topic they can exploit to make a bit of content. Sucks the fun right out of it.
I know these temptations as I'm monetised on my other channel where I explore country houses and stuff and even going up to doing a trip and researching it every couple of weeks I found that it was feeling a bit of a chore so that didn't last long and I end up doing around 1 a month now and that way I actually enjoy the research and exploring, rather than feeling like I'm racing against a deadline to fire stuff out as quickly as possible. I just can't see that they're genuinely enjoying themselves much anymore when it becomes their job and they're constantly 'at it'. They probably enjoy the buzz of the views/money a lot more than the hobby at this point.
 
How people went to opening day and churned out a video - whilst the park was still open - is crazy. At that point I can't imagine any of it being enjoyable, but just stressful. You also risk sacrificing quality for speed. What was it Shigeru Miyamoto said - "a delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is bad forever".

Couple years ago when I worked for the other site, I visited the park and produced a chunky article in two days - park one day, entirety of the next writing. Very quickly it became about producing efficiently instead of enjoying what I was doing, and it wasn't necessarily a hobby at that point. Safe to say I quit not long after.

When I produced a video of the park (cheeky plug), I made sure to go without any arbitrary deadlines, and thus enjoyed the process a lot more. When you turn hobby into work, you risk a lot.
 
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