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Maybe You’re Not Lost. Maybe You’re Still Figuring It Out.

Sep 5
3 min read

Have you ever had this feeling that you really want to start something… but you have no idea what exactly, or where to begin?


Maybe you want to start a blog. A YouTube channel. A portfolio. Write a book. Build something of your own. Start a little side hustle. Create something that could eventually become another source of income—or maybe you simply want to do something outside your usual 9-to-5 routine.


You have the ideas.

You have the excitement.

But somehow… you just don’t know how to make it happen.

And then you start here. Then there. You try one idea, lose interest, change direction, start another one, stop again. Months pass. Sometimes years.

And when nothing seems to happen, you start questioning yourself.

Why can’t I make this happen?

Why does everyone else seem to know what they’re doing?

Why am I always starting and stopping?

I know that feeling very well.


For years, I had this little voice in my head telling me that I wanted to build something of my own. I wanted a side hustle that I would actually enjoy. Something creative. Something that felt like me.


I watched countless self-development videos. Podcasts. “How to start” videos. “How to find your purpose” videos. “How to build a side hustle” videos.

At some point, I think I had watched so much self-development content that I felt like I was already doing something.

But honestly?

I wasn’t.

I was consuming information instead of taking action.

So I stopped.

I took a break from all the motivational videos and started listening to myself a little more.

I tried things.

And I failed.

A lot.


Some ideas looked exciting at first, but after trying them, I realized they didn’t really fit my personality. Some plans sounded good in my head but felt completely different once I started doing them.

So I changed them.

I tried again.

Changed the plan.

Changed the strategy.

Started something else.

And then started again.

Months passed. Then years.


And sometimes I wondered if that dream was ever actually going anywhere.

But looking back now, I think all those little attempts were part of the process.

Because eventually, I started understanding what I didn't want—and slowly, what I did want.

And this year, something finally clicked.


I launched my blog.

I started my YouTube channel.


It may still be small. I’m still figuring things out. I still have moments where I question myself.

But this time, it feels different.

It feels like something that actually belongs to me.


So, if you are currently in that confusing stage—where you have so many ideas but don't know which one to follow, where you keep starting and stopping, where you look at other people and wonder why they seem to be moving so much faster—

please don't think that you are failing.

Maybe you're still exploring.

Maybe you're still learning yourself.

Maybe you're collecting little pieces of an idea that hasn't fully revealed itself yet.

Keep exploring whatever keeps popping into your mind. Try the things that make you curious. Start small. Change your mind if something doesn't feel right.

You don't have to have the whole plan figured out.

Sometimes, you just need to keep moving until the pieces finally start making sense.

And one day, you might wake up and realize—

Oh. This is it.

This is what I want to do.

And this is how I'm going to start.

Until then, don't lose that little spirit inside you that keeps telling you there is something more you want to create.


Keep going. Keep exploring. Keep trying.

Your idea might just be taking a little longer to find you.


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Sep 05
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

I am feeling same! :-(

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