if you don't mind, if you like, if you're so inclined

above all / no matter how you say it / at any rate / after all is said and done

any

the first sight of something / something seen for the first time

one should start a big project with immediate, practical steps; start small / the person who proposes something should be the first one to take practical steps to implement it

what

let's see; what have we got here

Nothing

which (of three or more) / which one /

Alternative spelling of 見始め