Starting Something New
It feels only right that one of the first post on this blog is about… well, starting. Starting something new.
I’ve been meaning to launch a blog for several months now. But, like many things, it kept getting pushed to the side. I had every excuse ready to go: I’m too busy right now, I don’t know what the best platform is anymore, I don’t have anything to say, What if it fails? You probably know these excuses too. They’re the same ones we all use when we’re putting off something that matters.
So let’s break a few of them down.
“I’m too busy.”
Sure you are. So is everyone else. That’s life. It fills up with important stuff, unimportant stuff, and everything in between. But if we’re being honest, “too busy” often means too tired, too distracted, or too deep into the doom-scroll.
No judgment - I do it too.
The solution: carve out a small window. A moment. A few minutes a day, or even just once a week. That’s enough. That’s where it starts.
“I don’t know what the best platform is.”
I didn’t either. So I asked ChatGPT. A couple of questions later, I had a list. A few more, and I had a step-by-step guide that matched my skill level.
The solution: use the tools at your disposal. You don’t need to know everything, you just need to know where to look.
“I don’t have any ideas.”
Same. That’s where I started. But over time, I began jotting things down. Fragments. Thoughts. Random half-baked ideas that didn’t seem like much. And eventually, those notes added up. By the time I hit “publish” on this post, I had about 40 topics waiting in the wings.
The solution: write everything down, no matter how dumb or trivial it seems. You can always delete them later.
“What if it fails?”
Honestly? Who cares. This is a personal project. You’re not reporting to investors. You haven’t promised the world a revolution. If it fizzles out, you move on. I’ve launched more than 20 apps, blogs, and websites over the last couple of decades. Most didn’t get much traction. A few did. One really took off. The rest? Just steps on the path.
The solution: fail fast. Learn something. Move on. Repeat. If I can do it, so can you.
