The first version is not supposed to defend your entire potential.

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Treating a first attempt as a verdict on your capability makes it unbearably heavy, and the weight is what prevents it from being made. It is a first attempt. Its job is to exist and be improved, not to represent everything you might eventually be capable of.

Before starting, say explicitly what this version is for. Usually the answer is learning something specific. Judge it against that rather than against your potential.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which early attempt of yours are you treating as a verdict?

Free, with nothing to buy inside it.