{"id":23963,"date":"2021-03-05T03:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=23963"},"modified":"2021-02-26T08:31:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T16:31:44","slug":"the-creative-process-if-the-shoe-doesnt-fit-by-catharine-bramkamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/05\/the-creative-process-if-the-shoe-doesnt-fit-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creative Process: If The Shoe Doesn\u2019t Fit by Catharine Bramkamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist Catharine Bramkamp<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cThe Creative Process: If The Shoe Doesn\u2019t Fit.\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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I spend far too much energy and time contemplating my shoes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I own a pair of expensive black flats. These lovely shoes are advertised as the best shoes ever — comfortable, classy, fun. Since they look so good on Pinterest, they should be elegant and perfect on my own feet. But my feet are unhappy. The shoes squeak when I walk. The backs slip with every step. For two years I\u2019ve been talking myself into the myth that they fit.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It could be my feet.<\/strong> It could be the shoes. But when my outfit calls for black flats, I hesitate. Then I choose another shoe, carefully placing the expensive, almost brand new shoes back on the shelf promising that next time I will choose them. Next time will be different.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who hasn\u2019t suffered the agony of bad choices, compounded by increasingly expensive fixes, or replacements, and complete unwillingness to circle around and just eliminate or give away the offending object in question?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But giving away an unworkable object means giving up on the idea that it will work. It can be a dream<\/strong>, a work in progress or a shoe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Economists call this sunk costs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Creative Process: The Theory of Sunk Cost<\/b><\/h2>\n

The idea that you are in so far into a project that you cannot give up on it because you\u2019ve spent too much time and energy already.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To finish is to triumph.
\n<\/span>To abandon is to fail.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the better examples of the theory of sunk cost is gambling,<\/strong> the next roll of the dice will justify all the previous rolls, all the losses, all the spent time.<\/span> Just one more.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n