Most of us start practicing a craft because we have a goal. However, the ones who stay in the craft stay because they love the process.

It’s so easy to fall into the trap of thinking that we don’t know what we’re doing when we first begin our journey into our craft.

Every day, you change as a person. You do something just a little different than the day before. It’s not large. In mathematics, it’s called an infinitesimal change. Day to day, this change is so small that it is difficult to discern.

If you’re honest about it, the thing that’s holding you back is usually fear. The fear of being judged for your work, the fear of not being seen, the fear of being misunderstood, the fear of looking like an idiot. These are all fears that we all harbour within us. These feelings are only then amplified when we prepare to put something out into the world that we deem is important to us. After all, we don’t to publicly say, “This is what I did, and I think it’s great” only to be ignored by everyone. That would be a serious hit to the ego, and thus fear holds us back.