Shipping and overcoming The Resistance
Posted on : 01-31-2010 | By : Og | In : Art, Inspiration, Philosophy
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You know it is. You have this Great Idea. You think about it all the time. Sometimes you even work on it. But chances are, you have found it hard, if not impossible, to take your Great Idea from the world of inspiration to the world of existence. Somehow those Great Ideas seem to live just one burst of creativity short of getting finished. Ever wonder why?
There’s an interesting article at ZenHabits which might just help you shut up your Lizard Brain and overcome your own resistance. Let this be the year that you finally, really, get that project done.
I call it: “Shut up and do it already!”
I eventually got tired of telling my friends and family about this awesome thing that I am going to do one day, (when I finally learn the software well enough to do it right, when my art skills have gotten to that elusive level near perfection, when I have worked that script to death and it is just right)
I just shut up and started drawing. And I pushed past all the doubt and pushed through those days when I’ve wanted to put it off. Now, I’ve got something I am kinda proud of. I have something to show for myself. I didn’t over think it, or worry to hard about what others might think. I just shut up and did it.
You’re one of the success stories, Matt. I’m so glad you just jumped in, because at least you’re getting to tell your stories now, and isn’t that better?
Roll widdit.
Dude. That was good.