The funny thing with doing something awesome the first time is that you end up being expected to do the same every time.
Now, I didn’t say “the challenge with doing something awesome…” because, in all honesty, this should be considered a good thing. Awesomeness (or excellence) should never be a burden. This is why I call excelling at a given task The Wonderful Curse.
Setting the bar high for yourself should be routine, but you should also expect the fallout – good and bad. The good being that you worked hard and completed a task well. The bad being, you will now be held to that standard, but is that really a bad thing.
The only real cure to the curse is to work hard regardless (if you’re a Christ Follower, read “work hard for the Lord). Do work you can be proud of no matter what. If it doesn’t meet someone else’s awesomeness standard, you can at least still sleep at night knowing you did your best.
joshbking 