You just need the gumption to sit down in that uncomfortable chair, open that intimidating software, and make one tiny, imperfect thing today.
For a writer, it might be lighting a specific candle. For a producer, it might be setting a 15-minute timer to just make noise. For a coder, it might be turning off the Wi-Fi. When you don't want to work—when the chair feels like quicksand—tell yourself you will only work for ten minutes. Set a timer. If after ten minutes you still hate it, you can stop. studio gumption rookies
But here is the gumption secret: You never stop. Because starting is the hard part. By minute three, you are in flow. By minute four, you have forgotten the timer. You just need the gumption to sit down
You don't need more gear. You don't need more followers. You don't need a better space. For a coder, it might be turning off the Wi-Fi
By Jasper North
Create "Garbage Drafts." You are a rookie. Your first fifty songs will be bad. Your first thirty logos will be ugly. Your first twenty podcast episodes will have echoey audio.