The Necessity of Breaking What You Built

Sometimes, it is absolutely necessary to wreck the same house you built with your own hands, to rule out the blueprint you developed weeks sketching, to reject the design you squeezed your brain creating, or in the worst case, to abandon the same kid you spent years yearning to see in your hands.

​And how does that make you feel?

Most importantly, what drives you to make a decision like that?

• ​Maybe the house can no longer suffice your needs.
• ​Maybe the blueprint turned impractical in reality.
• ​Maybe the design is no longer up to the standards.
• ​Or maybe, the kid has gone rogue.

Whatever the reason, the break becomes an absolute necessity, and eventually, it has to be done. It cannot be avoided or delayed. Either the creation is no longer of any use to you, doesn't serve its purpose, or it causes greater harm to you.

Encountering a situation like this is normal in any creator's life. I feel everyone must be mentally prepared and mature enough to face it and let go of our creations despite how deeply we embraced them during the creative process. Letting go is a natural part of life, and often, it clears the path to create or produce something even better.

​Every creator, or even two people in an unfit or toxic relationship, must realize that moving forward after investing years of time and energy can become a necessity for the future self. Holding on to them will only pull you back and prevent you from progressing.

So, look forward, leaving those things behind and be strong enough to break what you built and move forward.