Short motivational monologue (single speaker) advising that progress comes from breaking goals into immediate, concrete action items. Speaker gives concrete examples—choosing what type of writing to do (essays, reviews, profiles) and early documentary steps (reach out to artists; plan shoots)—and repeats that actionable tasks are the first step to move projects forward.
The first thing I think about is actionable items. Okay. How can I start moving this thing forward? Okay. Before I get stuck in my mind about it? Because I feel like you can. You start ruminating on it, you can strategize about it, but until you get action items, not going to move forward. So I start breaking down. What can I do right now? Right. Well, what I have. When it came to writing, what kind of writing should I be doing? Should I be writing about an essays? Should I be writing reviews? Should I be writing profiles? Right, right, right. When it came to doing documentary work, first thing that was actionable is let's start reaching out to artists. Right? Who can we shoot? How can we shoot? Those are the things. The first things for me is action items.
