The page filled with small attempts has worked harder than the untouched expensive one.

Saving good materials for good work is a way of never doing the work. A cheap page covered in false starts has taught the hand something. The pristine sheet kept for when you are ready has taught nothing, and the readiness it waits for is produced by exactly the practice it prevents. Value in materials gets confused with value in use. Anything too precious to spoil tends to stay unused.

Use the good notebook, the good paper, or the good ingredients this week on something ordinary. Make a deliberate mess on the first page so the rest stops being intimidating.