Inspiration

I delayed writing anything today as an email normal comes through from James Clear and I wanted to see what he had to say.  I found it interesting because of what I have been doing.
"Inspiration comes on the twenty-fifth attempt, not the first. If you want to make something excellent, don't wait for a brilliant idea to strike. Create twenty-five of what you need and one will be great. Inspiration reveals itself after you get the average ideas out of the way, not before you take the first step."
Merril is doing a formal course of study at the moment.  I am doing an informal one of my choosing.
Why I find the above interesting is it is really my experience at the moment.  Merril asked me if I was enjoying what I am doing.  The answer is I am finding it a hard slog but was inspired to start it and am inspired at certain points.  It is great to learn new things and sometimes get a different perspective on what is known.
So I agree with what is being said.  Something that has been a motivator for me is what I wrote a while ago.  A quote from Earnest Hemingway.  “Gradually then suddenly.”  As I think I have indicted I am feeling this is a gradually time for me.  Gradually times are the times I reckon are for building.  They can be wasted but if used as a building time hopefully I am ready for the suddenly times.
It does not mean that gradually times are “rah rah”.  More often than not they are slow and steady.  Sometimes they are downright boring.  But the thing for me is that even boring times come to an end.  I really feel I need to take the good with the bad.
Sorta like a mantra I heard and use. “Never make a decision when you are down.”  By that I feel I should never abandon something when it is hard, when I felt it was right at the start.  Sure there are hard times.  To me that’s life.  But hard times end and trying to avoid them prolongs them.
So it does not matter to me if something is the 14th go or 25th.  If it was right at the start, it is right now - despite stuff rather than because of it.