my BIG creative problem
I’ll figure it out or die trying
my BIG creative problem
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.
Scott Stevenson • How to Finally Make Something
“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
How do you get from starting small to doing something great? By making successive versions. Great things are almost always made in successive versions. You start with something small and evolve it, and the final version is both cleverer and more ambitious than anything you could have planned.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
Reminder
The work is the point, and my work is unique. If I can do something that people find useful, then I should. It doesn’t matter if it’s a masterpiece or not, as long as I enjoy it. I’ve got my own weird angle on things that’s a useful counter-melody in the big orchestra of life.
Derek Sivers • Hell Yeah or No: what’s worth doing
Reminder
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