On beginning things
11 steps for anyone slow to start
It’s said the hardest part is to begin.
For me, it’s also the slowest.
It takes so much internal manoeuvring to not only take the fledgeling thing seriously, but to then navigate the uncertainty, false starts, and clumsiness inherent to starting something new.
So often we’re only privy to someone’s finished thing, which can easily give the impression that starting is easy or efficient for other people.
Perhaps it is. Some people flit between projects and are astoundingly prolific. But in such instances, we tend to overlook that they might have entire teams, budgets and leverage behind them, not to mention energy and drive that varies from our own.
As the majority of my projects are labours of love (i.e unfunded!), I’ve come to accept that this means they are often slow to begin as I work within my limited resources and time.
For me, berating myself with comparison or expectations only makes it harder to begin. Instead, rather counterintuitively, embracing being slow to start is what leads me to finally make a start.
Having just launched my new podcast and newsletter,
, after months—years, even!—of delay, I wanted to share the step-by-step process of how I not only began this thing, but came to be okay with beginning it slowly.My hope is that this peek into my creative process will inspire you to find your own way to begin your thing.