Remember Typewriters (Story of Game Elite, Part 3/10)?
Channel: Andrew Hicks
Date: 2020-08-19

Earlier in 2020 I was saying, "I am not start a website until I get a new computer."

"I am not going to make videos until I have a better phone."

But there was a call to create. So I met myself where I was at, and resolved to do the best I can with what I have.

Like when I was 13 or so, and I took my first tangible, makeshift crack at producing my fanzine.

This video reflects on the decidedly-"sucky" inspiration for the title "Game Elite" and the process of squeezing this thing into reality (hint: it involves a typewriter and pair of scissors).

It's kind of a beautiful thing, really. That youthful determination to create.

Just doing the best I could with what I had, instead of beating myself up about not being able to get it perfect (as I've had a tendency to do as an adult, often resulting in not getting started at all).

Goes without saying, but we can never complete what we can never start.

That which is started, can be refined.

If the start has an irrevocably flimsy foundation, perhaps the refinement of that thing will result in "failure" anyway.

But that "failure," when viewed as a learning experience, becomes the impetus for a stronger foundation next time.

So, we can't lose by getting started.

(Unless we see temporary setbacks as the end of the world. And if that's the case, improving that attitude becomes the first order of business.)

So, if you find yourself saying, "I can't get started, because I need __________ first."

Keep in mind, the 13 year old kid who started a "video game magazine" with a typewriter and scissors.

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