I’ve had the idea of starting a new project for a least a year. Over that year I’ve been busy at points and had lots of free time at other points. But each time the thought came up I held off. I would think about the alluring ideas and say, “maybe next month.”
Sometime in the future would always be better than the present moment.
And so, a year later, nothing has happened.
Today, I felt inspired once more; the idea came up, and a thought crossed my mind that I should take some time to flush out the idea. That is the same thought that’s been slowing me down for a year. The one that puts off getting started, and waits.
I put off projects because I’m afraid of investing my time in something that I don’t enjoy.
It’s a habit I developed at some point in my life, and it is a habit that is going counter to my education and growth as a person.
People like to judge others for starting things and not finishing them. You and your friends have probably talked about your one friend who started a blog and then quit that, and then started a youtube channel and then quit, and then started something else and quit. But while you’re sitting around snickering that friend has learned a lot about what they liked and didn’t like. They’ve learned skills and probably made connections from their adventures into new areas.
So today when the thought crossed my mind, I just started. Instead of debating the pro’s and con’s I just took the first step towards making it happen.
There is no risk to starting something and then after a while deciding that I don’t want to do it anymore.
The only real risk is that I keep procrastinating the project and never find out that it was something that I would deeply enjoy.
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