> Disciplining myself is in a way like dealing with a child.
Exactly! And while the entire person appears "self-disciplined" from the outside, it does not mean that the inner conversation between the adult and the child amounts to scolding the latter.
But not all (inner) children are born rebellious and maybe for some of them daily scolding does not lead to burnout. Who knows?
Rebelliousness is a concept about lining up with societal expectations. Perhaps some of us do our best creative work outside of those expectations. Why should we suppress that?
There’s more than one way to skin a cat. And sometimes the method that worked on one cat will all come undone another time.
Having said that the method that makes, to overly extend this macabre analogy, things feel like fun - seems like a more sustainable and wholesome ‘skin’
Exactly! And while the entire person appears "self-disciplined" from the outside, it does not mean that the inner conversation between the adult and the child amounts to scolding the latter.
But not all (inner) children are born rebellious and maybe for some of them daily scolding does not lead to burnout. Who knows?