Desperate | Amateur =link=

You’ve got this. Now go do the 5-minute thing.

Then another.

Your job right now is not to be brilliant. Your job is to take one ugly, imperfect, desperate step. desperate amateur

| Problem | Desperate Fix | |---------|----------------| | “I don’t know the first step” | Search: “How to start [task] for absolute beginners” | | “I’m afraid to break something” | Do it on a copy (file, document, practice area) | | “I tried one thing and it failed” | Try the opposite of what you tried | | “Everyone else seems to know” | Assume they also felt lost 10 minutes ago | Perfection is the enemy of done. Ask yourself: If I turned this in right now, would anyone die? You’ve got this