When I have the urge to write, it can be really tempting to wait until the idea is fully formed and perfect in my head before I put pen to paper.
My inner critic tells me that I don’t have time to work on it right now, or that I need to think about it more.
It also worries that it won’t be as good on the page as it is in my head, so there’s no point even trying.
For a long time, this meant I didn’t write anything, and all the ideas that bubbled up in me didn’t have anywhere to go. They stayed stuck inside - trapped by overthinking and under doing.
Now I give myself permission to create a messy first draft, because if the idea only exists in my head I’ll never know whether any of those worries are true.
