from *The Creative Act* by Rick Rubin • Believing you're not good enough. • Feeling you don't have the energy it takes. • Mistaking adopted rules for absolute truths. • Not wanting to do the work (laziness). • Not taking the work to its highest expression (settling). • Having goals so ambitious that you can't begin. • Thinking you can only do your best work in certain conditions. • Requiring specific tools or equipment to do the work. • Abandoning a project as soon as it gets difficult. • Feeling like you need permission to start or move forward. • Letting a perceived need for funding, equipment, or support get in the way. • Having too many ideas and not knowing where to start. • Never finishing projects. • Blaming circumstances or other people for interfering with your process. • Romanticizing negative behaviors or addictions. • Believing a certain mood or state is necessary to do your best work. • Prioritizing other activities and responsibilities over your commitment to making art. • Distractibility and procrastination. • Impatience. • Thinking anything that's out of your control is in your way.