Us, the beginners.

"  NOBODY tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone had told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple of years you make stuff , thats just not that good. Its trying to be good, it has potential, but its not good. But your taste, that thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work dissapoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase; they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesnt have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you got to know thats its normal and most important thing you can do is do alot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you finish one piece. Its only by going through a volume of work that you will close the gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than ayone I've ever met. Its going to take a while. Its normal to take a while. You just got to fight your way through.   "

- Ira Glass