How to Finally Make Something

Process Syndrome is closely linked to Learning Syndrome . Processors believe they just need to learn the right method and follow it to realize their creative dream. This often results in “going through the motions”of creation without ever entering a state of deep creative flow or producing something original.

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The easiest cure for Learning Syndrome is to adopt an attitude of just-in-time learning: start your project, using any step you can conceivably make, and then only learn whatever you need to take step number two.

The idea that we can create good output by doing things The Right Way or The Cool Wayis a lie , and this lie shifts our focus far away from the real, ambiguous task of trying to create something good.

At the end of the day, it is not about the process, it’s about the output. There are absolutely no points for doing the process “right”, it is only a tool to use towards output.

If a moment of inspiration strikes and I have not completed my ritual, I just let it take me. That’s the most important part.

Maintenance tasks in our life and in our projects are usually very clear-cut. They seductively offer a clear problem and a clear solution. The structure-seeking part of or brain loves this and will endlessly procrastinate important ambiguous tasks in favour of taking these on.

When we are pulled into this game we usually think: “let me just check al... See more

“Why do 99% of people struggle to get past the first mile in their creative projects? How could I join the 1% that actually make things?”

After a decade of introspection, creative attempts and reading, I found an answer that worked for me. Overcoming the barrier to freeform creation has felt like one of the best things that’s happened in my life.

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The yearning for new tools is very often an excuse to avoid the ambiguity of moving your project forward.

every day you spend completely absorbed in the fantasy games, is another day you could have used in learning how to ride the real rollercoaster better.