Make something anyway

There is always a reason not to begin. Not enough time, not the right idea, not the right conditions, not the right version of yourself yet. The list is usually convincing enough to postpone everything for another day. But most work doesn't start in good conditions anyway. So for a moment, ignore all of that. Not forever, just long enough to move your hand before your mind negotiates you out of it. Make one mark that doesn't ask for permission. A line, a stain, something slightly clumsy or unfinished. It doesn't matter what it becomes. It only matters that it exists outside of intention. What you are doing is not producing a result. You are re-entering contact with the simplest part of making: action before judgment.