oblique strategies for starting a new project
In general: Use every trick you know to make yourself start tackling Must + Now for even 15 minutes. Then: Take walks, take breaks, and allow yourself not to think about anything for a while. Time your breaks, and get back to short sprints of work.
Jessica Abel • Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life
“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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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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Scott Stevenson • How to Finally Make Something
“I always say ‘beginnings are easy, endings are hard’. Beginnings get easier and easier [because] there's so much technological assistance [and] so many ways of getting something started like rhythm machines and chord pattern makers.
There are a lot of ways of getting something pretty respectable going quite early on. To quote Picasso, ‘there's noth... See more
There are a lot of ways of getting something pretty respectable going quite early on. To quote Picasso, ‘there's noth... See more
The Big Thing: How to Complete Your Creative Project Even if You're a Lazy, Self-Doubting Procrastinator Like Me
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