One thing you can do to get started

Pick a thing.

Ah-hah. You thought I was going to tell you the exact thing you need to do to get started. But that's up to you, and that depends on what you need to do. Are you looking to write a novel? The thing you need to pick is probably writing. Are you looking to become an artist? The thing you need to do is probably drawing. Decide what the simplest step is - break it down to the least complicated building block.

Now do the thing.

Do the thing over and over and over until it's second nature.

No matter what else happens, even if it's just in tiny increments, you will get better.

My favorite college professor - a huge, linebacker of a man who wrote about heartbreak and barbecue sandwiches -  was in favor of what he called The Program. And The Program was essentially sitting down, one time each day, and writing, non-stop, for fifteen minutes. When students would come to him and ask how to solve writer's block, or what they should write about, he would look at them over the rim of his glasses and ask "Are you on the program?" 

If you want to do a thing, then pick up and do the thing. Not in huge, life-altering measurements but in small building blocks that make The Thing less a thing and more a regular part of your life.

Now why are you still reading this? Set a timer for fifteen minutes, and go do the thing.

If you're a writer and you'd like help doing the thing, click here to join other lovelies also engaged in the same journey. xD

You can do anything for fifteen minutes!