And it is so exciting.

這讓人感到興奮。

You wake up, bounce out of bed, full of hope and energy, and you settle down to work.

你早上醒來跳下床，內心充滿著希望和能量，並準備開始工作。

In your mind's eye, you have such a vivid idea of what you want your masterpiece to be like.

在你的想像中，你清晰地看到你設想出的傑出作品的樣子。

You work, you toil, harder than even you could have envisioned.

你辛苦地工作，努力的程度甚至是你自己想像不到的。

And you take a step back from what you've done and realize... things aren't the way you'd hoped.

然後你退一步看所做的一切，意識到事情並非照預期的發展。

Let's put it more brutally.

讓我們再解釋得直接一些。

It's terrible... and you're disgusted by what you've achieved.

你所成就的一切讓你感覺很糟糕很厭惡。

And the only thing you can think about is the terrible gap between what you wanted to do and what you've actually done.

你唯一能想到的就是所想做的和實際所做的之間那道可怕的鴻溝。

And it seems your taste is well ahead of your abilities.

看起來你似乎高估了自己的能力。

You run away in distress, maybe into the arms of someone who loves you, or perhaps you choose to sit alone, where you contemplate your own profound mediocrity.

你痛苦地逃離，可能投入了愛你的人的懷中，或許你選擇獨坐來沈思自己平庸的人生。

Look at you.

看看你。

You're no better than that little guy... at least he works hard.

你並不比這個小傢伙好到哪去，至少它努力地工作。

You're so sad.

你很沮喪。

You've gone back to bed.

你回到床上。

The problem is, this is too easy.

問題是，這樣就太簡單了。

Despair is chief.

失望是在所難免的。

The first rule of anything creative?

想要有創意的首要規則是？

Forgive yourself for the horror of the first rounds.

原諒自己在剛開始嘗試時產生的懼怕。

Don't hurry; do a little bit every day.

不要急，每天進步一點。

Keep a timetable and stick to it.

制定一個時間表，並且按照時間表來做。

Work without hope or despair.

工作時不要抱太多期望或者是絕望。

And you work like this for days, months, years, even decades, and eventually one day, your talents will catch up with your taste and you'll have done something in line with your expectations.

當你如此工作幾天、幾個月、幾年，甚至幾十年，最終有一天，你的才能會與你的期待匹配，你將會做到你期待自己能做到的事。

You might even be a little proud of yourself. And who knows? Maybe the rest of the world will be, a little bit, too.

你可能還會為自己感到些許自豪，說不定其他人也會為你感到自豪驕傲。

So, just keep going!

所以，堅持下去吧！