Competing is not what I do best, either. In fact, I hate it. I was one of those kids in a classroom, when test-taking came around, others would peek over my shoulder at the answers.
People I’ve worked close-by, or in near proximity, in the creative vein, have said: “I am going to follow you and copy you”. It’s a form of thieving, undermining and worse, shows no creative incentive. That’s the part that is so destructive~ to themselves ! Where is their voice? Give us all space and don’t cluster around my desk while I’m working. And that is what I hate about competing.

The nice thing about competing, is that it will breed focus in you. Start you on a personal process of sorting.

My hope is that I can be kind to myself. Thanks to the others for being as kind and honest as you have been.