When starting something new, a lot goes into the first thing. Making your first tweet. Playing your first game of online chess. Drawing your first picture.
it definitely resonates. i also wasn't as blocked when i was a kid, and somewhere along the way i just got blocked. i don't even describe it as perfectionism, it's more like "whatisthepointism". even just striving for the lowest echelon feels out of reach
yeah i def feel this – but imo volume is a great answer to both sides
on the one side:
trying to reach the highest echelon? take the pressure off by doing more tries where each try can fail
on the other side:
good work seems out of reach? but if you do hundreds of tries, can they really *all* be bad? stopped clock is right twice a day, etc. but unlike a broken clock, once the right thing clicks, as humans we can notice and be like hey that's actually great (at least in some aspect) and then keep adding over time
it definitely resonates. i also wasn't as blocked when i was a kid, and somewhere along the way i just got blocked. i don't even describe it as perfectionism, it's more like "whatisthepointism". even just striving for the lowest echelon feels out of reach
yeah i def feel this – but imo volume is a great answer to both sides
on the one side:
trying to reach the highest echelon? take the pressure off by doing more tries where each try can fail
on the other side:
good work seems out of reach? but if you do hundreds of tries, can they really *all* be bad? stopped clock is right twice a day, etc. but unlike a broken clock, once the right thing clicks, as humans we can notice and be like hey that's actually great (at least in some aspect) and then keep adding over time