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title: "Imposter Syndrome"
description: "Every successful creative I know has regular self-doubt and creative dry spells. You're not alone in feeling like you've 'lost it.'"
date: "2022-05-09T00:00:00.000Z"
canonical: "https://www.antonsten.com/articles/imposter-syndrome/"
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This [post from Chris Coyier](https://chriscoyier.net/2022/04/26/coyiers-law/) resonated (I'll save you a click, it reads: *"The effort-to-engagement ratio for content is unguessable."*) with me, so I'll follow his lead;

Last week I saw a [tweet from Mr. Bingo](https://twitter.com/Mr_Bingo/status/1522486762156740608) that I've been thinking about. I can't possibly stress how true this is. Perhaps even worse for us "seniors" is that we tend to believe that we're the only senior creatives that feel this way. Starting a new role earlier this year in a new industry, I've experienced this more often lately.

It also reminds me of a creative I met at Herman Miller who had never heard of nor experienced the concept of imposter syndrome, and I thought, what a life you must have had.

> Something that young people entering the creative world might want to hear: Me and every 'successful' artist/comedian/writer/maker of stuff I know have regular self doubt, creative dry spells, think we're not good enough, crisis of confidence, worry that we've 'lost it' etc 🙃 — Mr Bingo 𓄚 (@Mr_Bingo) [View post](https://twitter.com/Mr_Bingo/status/1522486762156740608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)