It’s horseshit.
This kind of plays back to the problem of cowboys in the game industry, but you see it in almost every creative discipline, the idea that it’s noble to suffer in the name of your creation. And let’s be fair, there are certainly subjectively unpleasant processes in every art form, from wrestling with an IDE to cleaning brushes to writing lab reports and so on. But, the fact is that you would not be doing what you are doing if you didn’t love it enough to not mind the struggles and chores of your craft.
Furthermore, in most cases, a creator gets a hypnotic charge out of focussing on every little element of their work. Every task, no matter how menial or painful, is another step towards the realization of your creative vision. Whether you realize it or not, you are likely still in a state of flow during these moments of drudgery.
If you genuinely are suffering when you work, you need to stop doing the work. Life is too short to spend all of it delaying gratification. Step away from what you’re doing and explore the world until you find something you love to do, no matter its warts of tedium. You’ll be happier for it.
I couldn’t agree more! You could have stopped the posting after the first sentence and I would have still got what you were saying.