Just Do It
For a long time, I've wanted to write small blogs/musings. Just a little corner on the internet where I can put my thoughts. The idea of putting my thoughts in a coherent story excited me. So I did what most people do: I decided that I'll start a blog.
I starting making plans. Big, long, elaborate plans. I was figuring our every detail: structure, navigation, intro, topics, subtopics. I even started planning how much time I'd give to it, and how will I manage it with my work and other hobbies. I wanted to figure out everything before I started, to make sure I kept it going. Well surprise! I didn't figure out everything. On the Contrary, I never actually started the blog. I got stuck on trivial details. I didn't want to make any mistakes. Whenever I couldn't figure something out, It started a thought that my blog will fail. It started to act as a deterrent to even start. I fell into the trap of perfection. Or maybe its just how my mind was tricking me into procrastinating.
Anyways, I just kept putting it off because I didn't have all the answers. I was afraid it wouldn't work if I don't figure out everything. As you can guess, I didn't write a single thing. For years. The unanswered questions, the unfinished details, they became my fear, and kept me from even getting started.
Then one fateful day, a video called Start before you know how appeared on my youtube feed. And weirdly enough, I had seen some tweets saying the same thing: Don't overthink and just start. And it changed the way I had thought about things. It felt like such an easy solution to all my imaginary problems. So simple. Well, I decided I'd publish my first blog that day, no matter what. And I did. I figured out everything to start a blog within an hour. I wrote something I had been thinking about for a long time, created a page, and just like that, I published the blog. I didn't worry about the perfect blog. I didn't think about anything. I thought I'll figure out something when I would need to. And it felt so magical, like having a superpower. Of course, this blog or the writing isn't perfect. But at-least it's here, I had moved from where I was stuck before for so long. The world looked different to me now. I just needed to learn from my mistakes and making things better, one at a time. That's all. Just doing it started a chain reaction. I started getting ideas about my next blog, editing, reading materials. It created a positive feedback loop of dopamine. And I was hooked.
So, if you want to do something, don't overthink. Don't try to plan everything. Don't try to figure everything out before even starting. Don't worry about every little detail. First of all, JUST DO IT (Nike really gets it). Then figure it out, slowly, when needed. Trust me, It'll be fun.