I think the most important part of this post was " it’s that not knowing where to start is incredibly intimidating"

I am seeing this today in my current job. I gave a young intern a task to do and 40 minutes later I asked him how was he doing. He responded with a bemused look - "I dont know where to start" My advice was was to think about the task and just start. Start regardless and don't think if its a bad start or not as it will be improved.