Comments on: Enemies of the Art Part 1–Approval Addiction https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/01/enemies-of-the-art-part-1-approval-addiction/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:04:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: This Week in Favs – 1.25.2013 | Melinda S. Collins https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/01/enemies-of-the-art-part-1-approval-addiction/#comment-27796 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:04:56 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=9562#comment-27796 […] Enemies of Art Part 1 – Approval Addiction and Enemies of Art Part 2 – Psychic Vampires by Kristen Lamb […]

]]> By: allanholender https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/01/enemies-of-the-art-part-1-approval-addiction/#comment-27795 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:57:54 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=9562#comment-27795 Words of wisdom shared by all of us who are creative and day dreamers. We were never given a chance to be what we loved to do most when we were ten years old. Our parents did not approve of our passion because it wasn’t who they wanted us to become. The happiest people are those who have discovered what they love to do and care less if it is approved or rejected. Do something,anything, that makes you happy. Do not do something that makes you unhappy. Do not do something that makes you money, but makes you unhappy. A simple Zen approach to life.

]]> By: This Week in Favs – 1.25.2013 | Author Melinda S. Collins https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/01/enemies-of-the-art-part-1-approval-addiction/#comment-27794 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:51:40 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=9562#comment-27794 […] Enemies of Art Part 1 – Approval Addiction and Enemies of Art Part 2 – Psychic Vampires by Kristen Lamb […]

]]> By: phillippace https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/01/enemies-of-the-art-part-1-approval-addiction/#comment-27793 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:53:29 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=9562#comment-27793 Lots of pressure to be conventional, even if it’s not as overt as the comments you endured…

]]> By: Enemies of the Art Part 5–Fatigue « Kristen Lamb's Blog https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/01/enemies-of-the-art-part-1-approval-addiction/#comment-27792 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:05:09 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=9562#comment-27792 […] have already discussed four enemies of the art–Approval Addiction, Psychic Vampires, F.E.A.R, and pride. What I find so fascinating is how all of these enemies seem […]

]]> By: Mind Sieve 1/28/13 « Gloria Oliver https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/01/enemies-of-the-art-part-1-approval-addiction/#comment-27791 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:04:06 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=9562#comment-27791 […] Enemies of the Art pt 1 – Approval Addiction from Kristen Lamb. […]

]]> By: Pam Roller https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/01/enemies-of-the-art-part-1-approval-addiction/#comment-27790 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:58:58 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=9562#comment-27790 In reply to lucewriter.

Lanette, this reminds me of the time I sent my sexy historical romance to my mom to read. I was a newly published author and highly sensitive. When I asked her about it weeks later, she said she misplaced the book, but that was okay because she’d lost interest anyway. Turns out she had given it to one of her friends, who wrote me an email saying next time I write something, don’t put so much sex in it.

]]> By: Pam Roller https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/01/enemies-of-the-art-part-1-approval-addiction/#comment-27789 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:52:55 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=9562#comment-27789 When I was younger, I lived for approval and only tried new things if someone suggested it, and easily gave it up if I faced disapproval. I was an absolute people pleaser. After I turned 50, though, something happened to my sense of craving approval: what people thought just didn’t matter anymore. What mattered was doing the things I wanted to do, and others’ opinions about it took a back seat. I think it had something to do with being much more sure of myself and realizing that life is too short to run around trying to gain approval. I am happier at this point in my life than I have ever been.

]]> By: Dean K Miller https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/01/enemies-of-the-art-part-1-approval-addiction/#comment-27788 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:38:34 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=9562#comment-27788 Early on, yeah I most definitely so. Even a critique members approval was enough to feed the addiction. Sometime later, (much) I found a middle ground that accepted both rejection and approval with a more even tempered response. It will never go away, that desire for approval. I guess it’s time to lay blame on my parents during my childhood. Yeah…I’m sure that’s it.

]]> By: Melanie Macek https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/01/enemies-of-the-art-part-1-approval-addiction/#comment-27787 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:51:46 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=9562#comment-27787 I’ve sought approval, but I didn’t rely on it to keep doing something I loved. I’m taking the same approach with my writing. I have to be happy and my husband has to approve of the methods and overall budget. Everything beyond that is gravy.

(link to this post on my blog – will post 2-8-13)

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