6 Lame Excuses That Stopped Me from Starting

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I didn’t used to be as good as I currently am at cracking on with ideas and projects. I used to delay things for the lamest reasons. It’s only now that I can look back and see the error of my ways and how far I’ve come. I’m sure there’s lots of people out there that have been in similar situations where they think of something great, but they but self-imposed restrictions in the way.

Here are all of the lame excuses I’ve used that stopped me from starting things:

I Want to Finish Uni First

To be fair the whole of my degree in London was completed while I had a full-time job. I was on a part-time course, and I wanted to concentrate my efforts on my studies. That meant that I canned so many ideas and didn’t even think to expand the majority of them.

The turning point was an entrepreneurial module that involved creating a business plan. From there, I was unstoppable. I should have started so many things far sooner – particularly lifestyle blogging – but I used uni as a reason not to. I got a first, so I can’t get too mad at this, but I know I could have fit a couple of side projects in.

I Haven’t Got Time

In 2017, I had a newborn, ran a couple of online businesses, had a full-time job and I was very active with my blog. I was on a madness. It took years to cut enough things out of my spare time to operate like that, but it shows how much you can do if you’re committed.

Obviously, everyone’s situations are different, so it’s not as if everyone can be like this, I’m certain that most people can cut out a few nights out, TV and whatever else to get a side thing running. Whenever people tell me that they haven’t got enough time to even blog, I refer them back to my 2017.

I Haven’t Got an iMac

Now this was a serious one. I had absolutely loads of ideas that I felt my laptop was completely incapable of doing. I can’t remember any of them now, but I now know full well that there was no significant chance in my life once I got an iMac. It was a poor excuse for pushing back my deadlines.

Technology may be a restriction in some sense, but this absolutely didn’t fit into this category.

I Haven’t Got Photoshop

Again, I can’t remember what I specifically wanted to do, but I felt as though I couldn’t advance without Photoshop. Now, there are so many alternatives that can do pretty much the same things with and I don’t think it was quite as easy then, but I can’t recall making an active effort to try to find solutions.

With my current head on, I would just pay people to do whatever I needed editing on Photoshop. Minor. Just like with the hardware, I can’t let software limitations stop me now.

I Haven’t Got Enough Spare Money

It would have been something like £200 at first and then £1,000, but I kept telling myself I couldn’t do anything because I didn’t have the money then and there. Now I’m running through thousands in expenses every month, I see how I’m never going to feel like I’ve got the budget I want to execute my ideas. I just need to work with what I’ve got.

There’s an endless list of things you can do to earn money without investing anything first. I should have began there and let things build. I could have gone with the £10 ones instead. I’ve learned to always just use the resources I have and things will fall into place.

I Need X to Do It First

This is one I’m especially angry at myself for using. I should never, ever feel as though I’m waiting on someone else to do a particular project before I decide to give it a go myself. I have no idea what’s going on in their world or if they’re going to follow through with the things they talk about.

People have told me that they’re going to do things after they see how I get along, and I just can’t support them. I do me. You do you. I like helping people, but I’m not intentionally being a test dummy for anyone else.