After overthinking for 15 months, I started a YouTube channel.
Whenever you think of starting something new, there is a voice in your head that starts speaking. It gives all the excuses about why it is not going to work. It tries to stop you by telling you the worst-case scenarios, and because of this, you think that your idea is not good or it is completely wrong, but that’s not true.
The voice in your head becomes active whenever something is unknown because your brain protects you from the unknown because the unknown is danger for your brain. It cannot predict what is going to happen, and that’s why the brain tries to protect you by telling worst-case scenarios and by producing uncomfortable feelings in your body, and you believe them, and as a result, you do not proceed further; you just stay with whatever is comfortable and known.
The problem is not that you are not confident; it’s just that your brain wants the whole map before starting to walk. Brain loves certainty. It wants to know everything before starting. It does not want to go where there is uncertainty.
The answers that you are looking for will not come to you just by thinking; they will come to you by doing and by making mistakes. When you were a small child, you did not know how to walk. You fell down many times, made mistakes, made corrections, and finally, you started walking. While doing something new, never be afraid of making mistakes, because those mistakes teach you to become better at whatever you are trying to do.
Even I am making mistakes, but at least I am getting feedback. I am learning and improving, and that is the best thing you can do for yourself and your life.
The brain wants everything to be perfect, but perfect does not exist.
You are waiting to feel ready, and ready is not a feeling; it’s a decision. The more you wait, the more you start doubting your idea & plan.
The feeling of fear is valid because what you are trying is uncertain. But that feeling does not mean that there is a danger or what you are doing is wrong. It’s feedback that you are trying something new. That feeling of fear will go away
when you start walking.
Start doing whatever you can with whatever you have, wherever you are
You can’t reach the destination by thinking about the destination. You need to start, make mistakes, make corrections, and eventually you will reach your destination.
Without taking the first step, you can not see the next step. Start walking and the path will appear.