go full throttle
In I have a hard time getting started, no one explained her annoying habit that I'm sure some of you empathize with:
I can plan to do something but put it off because I instinctively create extra steps to achieve it. I plan and prepare and research... but I never even get to it until much later, if at all.
While the following approach isn't always feasible, would it be possible to just start doing that something then and there? The change of pace could rewire instincts toward cultivating feedback loops, which themselves could result in more informed planning, preparation, and research. I figure quickly tackling internal stimuli this way would only benefit her with how she describes doing the same for external stimuli:
I do the things I want to to fill in the space between and when something or someone gives me an opportunity that sparks something in me — I go full throttle.
I'd say that her full throttle mindset is how I have approached this writing practice of mine. Once I see a green light in my head or in the world, I'm pushing the pedal to the metal without any plan in sight. In many cases, any task I was taking care of beforehand could take a backseat until I have recorded my fleeting thoughts, if not polished them up. I would imagine that closing the gap between initiation and execution like so mitigates the zoning out, labeling, and self-loathing she described.
Her saying she was built with "take it from here" energy makes me think that energy can apply to the start line just as much as it can to the rest of the race. Then again, think back to how opportunities bestowed upon you and I get our wheels turning. How often are we really getting things started? Aren't we just continuing along unbroken branches of execution, many of which go back beyond our comprehension? Maybe keeping that broader historical lens in view lowers the bar for us to resume living life how we wish to.