Hey, for me, what prevented me from starting work is the massive scale of the project I was setting myself out to do. This was totally scaring me into inaction.

Hey, for me, what prevented me from starting work is the massive scale of the project I was setting myself out to do. This was totally scaring me into inaction. Like a deer in headlights. Then someone told me: "just try and see how far you can go". And that completely lifted my inability to start working. I don't really understand the psychological trick there, but somehow it worked well for me.