the start of an idea
starting well, the beginning of a project, that kind of stuff
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the start of an idea
The mistake we made was turning phones into toys for having fun, rather than honing them as tools for getting stuff done.
Making things is hard and I feel like that’s the most useful thing to say about it. You have to try to be consistent, you have to practice constantly, you have to read, and you can’t make yourself be interested in topics you aren’t interested in. And you have to accept that it’s always going to be challenging. My friend said this about her work,... See more
Ava • Making Things Is Hard
the middle of things, not the beginning
"In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts."
Anne Lamott • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
If you touch an idea too much without actually making it, just like a dough or plaster, it dies. I think it’s better to make and bake it and throw it away than to imagine how it would have worked or tasted.
—Zeynab Izadyar
