One of those places of resistance has arrived quite clearly in this mornings pages, and with that, a solution of sorts. Well at least a plan.
Anyone who is out there making their offering to the world in a way that is not necessarily the most popular conversation, is at risk of invoking “the hater”… that voice that will find all manner of vitriol for you, your work, your choice of clothing…
So, here is my plan… do the work, make the offerings and if/when I receive the noise, place it somewhere, copy, paste, into a word file… collect it… like the body does when there is something toxic to protect ourselves from collecting it into one spot.
Then, when it has ripened, when it has matured, lance the boil… take it out and witness these offerings for what they are, feedback… and all feedback is useful. My feeling is to categorize each statement, something like… had a bad day, surface comments, hit a nerve, raging fanatic, just plain mean… you know, all those places we can see when someone says something not very nice, there could also be a “constructive criticism” section… and there within that may be some gold to mine.
On a bigger picture, meta level, there could well be an opportunity to understand how I am triggering people… that would be useful.
This all being a plan, as, to date… I haven’t had any haters bringing the hate down on me… I truly hope I don’t, but being prepared for it feels like I just immunized myself.
Would you use this plan? How would you make it yours?
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