You've been waiting long enough. I'll type that again: You've been waiting long enough. It's time to start that YouTube channel -- or TikTok account, or podcast. Whatever "thing" you've been waiting to start, your wait is officially over.
You've been waiting to start this new project for a variety of reasons -- I know because I was just like you once. Waiting for the financial stability. Waiting for the right time; until things settle down; until you have more time. But here's the harsh reality -- and I'm going to give it to you whether you want it or not: The planets will never align in the exact way you keep telling yourself they will.
All the circumstances will never be exactly right. You'll never have "enough" money. Things will never settle down "enough." There will never be a "right" time, or "enough" time. Because every time you approach one of these milestones -- each moment you realize you're almost exactly where you told yourself that you needed to be -- you will move the goalposts. Just a little more time. A few more paychecks. One more weekend. One more day.
Enough of that. Start today. Start right now. You don't have to have equipment or good lighting. You don't even have to be particularly good at something. You just have to show up and do it. Because if you really want this, if this is really your dream, then the only thing standing in your way is you. If this is where you truly believe your time and energy belongs, then invest it. Do the thing. Make it happen.
Because life is short and unpredictable. You may not have a tomorrow. Do you really want to spend what remains of your days -- however many or few that may be -- telling yourself what you're going to do instead of actually doing it?
No more excuses. Start right now. It's not as hard or scary as you might think.