Struggling
Last week I wrote about some brainstorming I did and that I was excited about some potential new projects as a result. I still am, but I'm struggling to get started. That is, I'm struggling to get started with the big idea. The smaller one - I just wrote a page for it!
But the big one. I know what I want to do with it and I have my notes saved from my brainstorming session. It's an ambitious undertaking, but I feel like I have solid footing. But...I haven't started yet. Instead I spend my time tinkering with Linux or watching hockey playoffs or playing video games. The answer is easy: just start writing. Almost paradoxically, that answer is also difficult.
On one level, the small idea seems so simple to complete and I'm impatient to get to the end point. On the surface maybe it's a good idea to run through the small project if I feel confident in it, but if I don't start the bigger project it will just take longer and longer to complete. The further down the road I kick the can, I feel less confident that I'll remember what I want to write about.
And very soon softball season will start and I'll have less time to put toward writing. Maybe I should have tried working on the big idea instead of writing this blog post. But maybe it's just as bad an idea to force creativity if that's not where my mind is.
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