The challenge of creative work is in the doing. It’s not finding the ideas, or selecting the best-possible photo/paragraph/project to display, or knowing the best way to share it. It’s not even knowing the technical tools to make it happen. You can master Photoshop or your new Canon 5D or that fancy Scrivener writing program or the new-to-you WordPress web platform — no problem. It’s not any of those details.
The true challenge is sitting down to make it happen.
It’s putting your fingers on the keyboard, clicking the shutter, creating the first mockup, pressing publish. The endless excuses are full of needs: for the right resources, enough funding, or time in the day. My personal favorite is the urgent need for more brainstorming. Oh, there is always the need for more brainstorms!
But it’s amazing what happens when we just start. Do it now. Get going already. Things fall into place: the resources come, a good-enough solution arrives, time expands. (Brilliantly, even brainstorming happens while we’re doing!)
So let’s meet the challenge. Push it forward. Click continue. Ship it out.
I’m challenging myself with this today — and I’m pressing publish to prove it.
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I’d love to hear about what’s challenging you. What “needs” are stopping you from doing? How can you let go and make it happen? Say hello, or leave a comment below…
PHOTO BY AMIR KUCKOVIC
i accept! i have been meaning to make a few more bowties (everyone always comments when dan wears the one i made him like two years ago). i have friday off and i vow to make at least one bowtie!
Alexa, so happy to see you! I remember your bowtie-making. Yes, the world needs more bow ties! Get sewin’ – and share the results? :)
Love it! I think that fear of failure is one of the reasons so many creative projects don’t get started – and why so many don’t get finished. Fear of failure + the challenging nature of creativity can stifle it. Props for pressing publish to prove it – I’m looking forward to more posts + inspiration from The Bright Studio.
-Mischa