I hesitated to publish my first content because of overthinking, perfectionism, and fear of judgment. A simple quote helped me break that mindset and start. This post is a reminder that starting matters more than waiting for the perfect moment.
This part of my journey started with a competition.
I had to publish a case study as an article on different platforms. The case study was good and ready to post, but I kept overthinking whether it was the right choice for my first piece of content.
I kept asking myself unnecessary questions:
Should I post something else first?
Is this the correct introduction?
Will this look right?
Because of this thinking, I delayed posting it.
At some point, I realised I’ve been waiting for a perfect start for a long time. That’s when it became clear that I wasn’t struggling with content, I was struggling with starting.
The line that made everything clear for me was:
You don’t need to be good to start.
You need to start to become good.
This made me realise that the real block wasn’t the case study, it was my perfectionism.
I didn’t know how people would react. I didn’t know if it would look good. I didn’t know if it would match what I expected in my mind.
I overthink a lot. I imagine situations that almost never happen. I connect things that don’t need to be connected. And on top of that, I had a lot of self-doubt. I judged myself more than anyone else ever did.
I also used to worry about being judged by others. Later, I understood something simple: people are busy with their own lives. They don’t have time to judge me as much as I thought. And even if someone does, it doesn’t change anything about what I need to do.
Looking back, I feel a little frustrated that I wasted so much time thinking instead of starting. But I’m also glad that at least now I’ve taken the first step.
This is Blog 3 - a reminder to myself that starting is always better than waiting for the perfect moment.
