
You’re given 100 different coloured pencils.
You sit down to draw the picture; but you don’t start, because there are 100 colours and you’re not sure which to use first.
Instead, you build your boundaries; you give yourself 1 hour to complete the picture; you decide to use only green and brown and black pencils; you establish the picture will be outlines of the plant, with no shading.
Congratulations, you’ve started your picture.
Boundaries help you think.
Boundaries help you be creative.
— Create a deadline.
— Establish a restriction.
— Decide on a direction.
— START.

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