Starting is Hard

Break new ground, plant seeds.

Tend the soil….and wait.

The physical actions take blood, sweat, and tears.

The truly difficult part is not knowing if the seeds one plants today will grow into something worth the effort tomorrow.

A good trick is to take joy in the efforts. Let the fruit be its own reward, but also let the tending and the breaking be enjoyable.

It’s also OK to abandon what was started if it isn’t working. That is also a reward. The fruit of knowledge earned with sweat and tears is all the sweeter.

So start something new today I say, and revel in the difficulties and challenges.

Play with it. By which I mean: understand that nothing is worth the effort.

Play is the act of being sincere with things that are unworthy of sincerity.

Because one already knows that it isn’t worth the effort ahead of time, it frees one to truly put everything into it. Just to try it. Just to see if maybe it might work. And if it doesn’t work: that is OK too. Especially if it is a dramatic failure, those are often the most valuable.

This is why I also recommend to only start something after realizing it isn’t worth the effort. When it’s worthwhile, that is when it is time to stop, and move on to something less worthy.

Now go find something to start, and give it more than it deserves.