While it can be nice to throw something out there and play with it, I think a lot of the anxiety that causes people to feel that they _need_ to do that comes from the idea that "thinking isn't working." As an alternative, try validating early stages of thought work as being "real work" that's usually far more valuable than what follows.

Whiteboarding or taking notes can be a good proxy for thought work in early stages. Iow, those are good ways to "get something imperfect out" early because they are at a high enough level that they don't kill much time. However, hacking code out before it's been thought through tends to be a massive time suck.

I definitely agree that there's a shitton of value in hitting things regularly though (usually daily).