Reaching higher
Dustin Curtis writes about improvement:
When I first started designing as a hobby, I hated everything I made. I knew it was terrible, and no matter how hard I tried, I could never make it good enough for myself. But I didn’t give up, and after a while something clicked. I started to sort of like my work. But I am still not satisfied; every day I reach higher, trying to grasp the level of awesomeness that I can feel but can’t recreate.
This is so unbelievably true. And the Ira Glass video about storytelling that Curtis links really really crystallized the concept for me. Of course its about satisfying your inner critic! My inner critic continues to drive me.