Find what you're good at and focus on that. Get help for everything else.

I'll start with me: I am really good at writing melodies for the sitar quickly. About 30 minutes to get a tune to about 90–100% complete, to a point where it's ready to be rehearsed and performed.

Where do I get caught up? Notating the melody in a computer program like Dorico.

Of course, I can upskill into writing in Dorico. It may be worth it in the long run.

But it will absolutely slow me down, and it's working a different set of muscles. Resolving technical notation issues is a context switch leap from creative melody writing.

My work philosophy and artistic process agree on this: more time spent in a single context builds momentum. Context switching kills momentum. If I switch from artistic creativity to technical debugging, my output gets shafted.

So what do I do? I get help.

I reached out to someone I worked with before for transcription work. I asked if he could write the music in this software for me. He agreed.

Yes, this means I have to pay for the service. But what I pay is dwarfed by the output I can gain with the freedom of momentum. It's totally worth the gift of giving myself focus on doing what I do best. Big bonus: I love doing that. And removing something I hate is another big bonus.

If you find yourself in that spot where you're away from what you're best at, pause. Ask yourself where you can get help. Think creatively about ways to unburden yourself.

Partnerships, teams, and companies are formed for a reason—because we go so much farther together than we go alone.