{
  "author": {
    "name": "Dylan Fitzgerald",
    "url": "https://dylanfitzgerald.net/"
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  "blyg": "0.4",
  "changelog": [
    {
      "at": "2025-01-08T02:08:00Z",
      "note": "Imported from the Ctrl+Shift archive",
      "version": 1
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  "content_html": "\u003ch1\u003eJust getting started is honorable work\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://dylanfitzgerald.net/ox-hugo/daltoris_runner_on_the_starting_block_--v_6.1_0ff9e2ee-efa8-489b-b39f-d8f9f58a5240.jpeg\"\n\t\t\talt=\"a runner on the starting block, tensed for the first stride\" width=\"50%\"\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt\u0026rsquo;s booking the recurring 1:1 with your new hire, or your new manager.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt\u0026rsquo;s \u003ccode\u003egit init .\u003c/code\u003e or \u003ccode\u003emix phx.new the_next_big_thing --live\u003c/code\u003e or \u003ccode\u003erails new my_greatest_work\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt\u0026rsquo;s picking up the phone and dialing the number of one person in the market you want to serve.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt\u0026rsquo;s writing a throwaway sentence or three just to get your pen moving.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than what you\u0026rsquo;re actually accomplishing in terms of a task, you\u0026rsquo;re going from not-moving to moving.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt isn\u0026rsquo;t the whole work. It\u0026rsquo;s not completion, and the danger is that it feels like you\u0026rsquo;ve done \u003cspan class=\"underline\"\u003esomething\u003c/span\u003e, and so you\u0026rsquo;re \u003cspan class=\"underline\"\u003edone\u003c/span\u003e. You\u0026rsquo;re not. You\u0026rsquo;re just getting started.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd in that, you\u0026rsquo;re doing the hardest part. Now you just have to keep going.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
  "content_md": "# Just getting started is honorable work\n\n{{\u003c figure src=\"/ox-hugo/daltoris_runner_on_the_starting_block_--v_6.1_0ff9e2ee-efa8-489b-b39f-d8f9f58a5240.jpeg\" alt=\"a runner on the starting block, tensed for the first stride\" width=\"50%\" \u003e}}\n\nIt's booking the recurring 1:1 with your new hire, or your new manager.\n\nIt's `git init .` or `mix phx.new the_next_big_thing --live` or `rails new my_greatest_work`.\n\nIt's picking up the phone and dialing the number of one person in the market you want to serve.\n\nIt's writing a throwaway sentence or three just to get your pen moving.\n\nMore than what you're actually accomplishing in terms of a task, you're going from not-moving to moving.\n\nIt isn't the whole work. It's not completion, and the danger is that it feels like you've done \u003cspan class=\"underline\"\u003esomething\u003c/span\u003e, and so you're \u003cspan class=\"underline\"\u003edone\u003c/span\u003e. You're not. You're just getting started.\n\nAnd in that, you're doing the hardest part. Now you just have to keep going.",
  "created": "2025-01-08T02:08:00Z",
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  "origin": "https://dylanfitzgerald.net/blyg/",
  "page": "https://dylanfitzgerald.net/blog/just-getting-started-is-honorable-work/",
  "transclusions": [],
  "updated": "2025-01-08T02:08:00Z",
  "version": 1
}