Revisit

Like with baking, you build intuition around the creative process. You watch your half-completed ideas rot in folders no one ever sees, and you start to realize that you usually only have one shot at making something (when the inspiration appears). You start to get familiar with the pang of guilt and frustration at what “could have been” if you... See more

the real blocker I see is a deep part of me that is scared to be seen for my raw, honest thoughts.

Either way, it would feel obvious that getting aggressive or frustrated towards them for not paying attention wouldn’t be the best strategy in bringing them back to the moment, so why do we try that on ourselves?

So much of my writing practice is simply about writing when the urge to write strikes. If I miss that window or assume it will stick around and wait for me to be ‘ready’ (always a poor assumption), I lose the potential energy of that idea forever. It’s not that I’ll never be able to write again, or perhaps even never write an idea *like that* again... See more

Persistence

Dogged determination is often the only trait that separates a moderately creative person from a highly creative one. Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

It’s easier to persist, I think, when you see your work as a practice—an ongoing process of improvement—instead... See more

As Derek Sivers says, “If knowledge were the secret to success, we would all be billionaires with abs.