From the Inspirational Thought Unit
For many years I put off doing my comic SkyHeart because I felt like I wasn't ready to do it. I knew it would stretch my abilities, perhaps beyond what I was capable. I felt like I needed to prepare a little more, get a little better, level up a little more before I took it on.
James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, has this to say about doing something that stretches you.
There will never be a perfect time to do something that stretches you. If you were ready for it, it wouldn't be growth.
After 15 years of putting it off I realized I might never be ready. It dawned on me that perhaps act of doing SkyHeart was going to be the thing that made me level up and be ready to do the book.
When I figured that out, it decided to just dive in and do it, and boy, was I grateful. It was by no means a perfect comic! However, I leveled up as an artist, it was a self publishing success with 3000 copies sold, and it boosted my confidence as a creator. There's way more to the story, but the lesson learned was I shouldn't have waited 15 years for the perfect time.
-Jake