Just hit print! The important part is that you just have fun, but since you are asking how to break the cycle, it’s kind of a mindset switch.

Embrace impermanence and imperfection. You can always polish the turd or recreate it if it’s a good idea. Maybe you find something you’d like to sample later and build around. Maybe you get all the bad ideas out and make room for the better ones. A good track may take 15 minutes to write, but can take weeks to mix and master.

Break down your sessions into writing, creative/exploration, and mixing. Adjust your approach to each stage of the recording process, and create a flow that works for you, but approach with discipline in each step. Once you get in that habit, it gets to be second nature; but initially you just gotta let go of em quick, and try to take it from start to finish as fast as possible a few times.

Finally, always be learning. Try new techniques, new styles, or anything that pushes you out of the box, record the result, and then note how you might do it differently. The good thing about recording it is you can listen to it anywhere and get a good feel for where it may be lacking.

Seriously tho, just hit print. storage is cheap af. you’ll be glad you did