My historical mentor G.K. Chesterton wrote prodigiously and well. Here’s his encouragement to us to get going.
“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.” Illustrated London News, April 29, 1922
“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.” London Daily News, October 18, 1901
“His head was always most valuable when he had lost it. In such moments he put two and two together and made four million.” The Innocence of Father Brown, 1911
There you have it: Escape fate by action. Don’t worry that you might not be a master at your chosen action. The key thing is to begin. And finally, sometimes magic happens and your ideas go crazy!
And that brings to mind…