I recently purchased a gimbal for my camera as a way to force myself into learning how to tell stories with video. While I did not spend an inordinate amount of resources on this new tool, being financially committed to the object and by the same token, the practise of film-making, I have but no choice to go out and start playing with video to develop a new area of practice.
There is real value in being committed to something, with serious consequences if I fail to uphold the commitment, in this case, wasted capital. Having never had any significant experience making films, aside from fucking around with the family's Hi-8 camcorder back in the 90's, this is a practice that terrifies me. It does mainly because the monkey brain is setting expectations of quality that are completely unrealistic for a complete noob, primarily because I foolishly imagine that I could produce videos of the caliber of a seasoned professional immediately, which is an insane proposition.
My heuristic to overcome this "I'm not good enough" barrier is to run towards the things that terrify me, as I know deep down that the challenge will be a source of tremendous learning and growth.
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