We all hated being a beginner, right? The thought we were just learning something and we wanted to just "move on to something bigger." But hey, we all have to start somewhere, right? The reality, however, is that being a beginner isn't that bad of a thing. Let's talk about this for a bit.
First of all, when you were a beginner, you had the drive and the desire to do more. You pushed yourself to try things that, in all likelihood, you would fail at at least one or two times. It didn't matter, you kept pushing. Watch that child trying to learn how to ride a bike. This is not an easy task considering you have to balance, steer, and keep peddling all while mom, dad, aunt, uncle or someone else is yelling at you to try something your brain just cannot comprehend. But the kid keeps going until the skill has been achieved.
Secondly, that beginner mentality opened your brain up to learning and possibilities. Your brain was a sponge that absorbed everything, while at the same time, was already thinking of ways to adapt, improve and change things to make the world (or that activity a better place). Consider this for example.
Brand new teachers are always spending far more than the required hours of work looking up new curriculum or activities to make the classroom a better place or to make the learning more successful for the students.
And yet...
As we get older in our careers, we stop that learning. We stop that curiosity.
I see so many authors, who, once they sell that first book settle in to a life of complacency. They quit going to workshops or trying new things. We see this in their writing. At a certain point, sure, they may be cranking out books left and right, but the spark that we saw early on in their career is simply not there any more.
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