[legorobot]

Comfort in the unknown helps a lot with this -- creativity is also a skill that can be trained and tested like muscles.

I usually get stuck in "cycles" where I know I'm not making progress, but I'm exploring my interests and seeing what sticks and what doesn't.

I've found forcing myself to a bare minimum has helped. The age-old "write one article a month" type of thing has forced me to find that sense of purpose to sit down and write something. Sometimes it turns out well, sometimes it doesn't. The process and lessons learned have been more important than the (immediate) results.