Every good project deserves another, especially in the ever evolving race to obtain and maintain relevance in your field. But let’s say you’ve just finished a project, or you’re easing yourself back in after taking a break, and aren’t ready for some giant undertaking. Let’s figure out how to start small, but in a way that will still help you achieve meaningful results.

I’ve talked previously about ideas being cheap, and as your list of ideas expands, time can become the limiting factor. When it comes time to actually sit down and make something, that list can become more of a hindrance than help. Installing constraints on your work artificially reduces the number of options that you have, which may help you push past your writer’s block and on to creating.