They’re for real. Maybe not in the pop culture commercialized sense but there are certainly days when your stock are way up or way down or somewhere in between.
I’m having a below average days. People don’t like me today. I don’t take it personal because I know I’m on a downswing today.
The best thing to do is let it pass. Understand that it just isn’t your day. Don’t be too ambitious on projects or overly excited about an idea (chances are on down days the ideas aren’t flowing anyway).
Here’s the skinny: I’m a publisher, not a web developer or website guy. I’m not great making websites and I’m definitely not passionate about it.
But with publishing, I have the vision. I’ve got a couple of visions. I know they can succeed. They won’t pay anytime soon but long term the returns could be awesome, as well as the alignment with this type of work (and the RESPECT that comes with it = less down days).
Best to go home, forget about work, immerse myself into something completely different — like my family or a movie or both — and then see how I feel in the morning.
Publisher, editor, writer, blogger, leader.
Not your neighbor website guy.