Just Do It
Just. Do. It. Those were the words my colleague uttered today as we talked in the car after a long day of work about our business teams and the goals we set together for 2025. These three simple words may also apply to myself.
Three simple words. Which of these three words is most important? Which one gets you into action immediately? Do. No. Just. We Dutchies love the word ‘just’. Just starting. Just begin. So also just start writing.
In the past I have made 349 attempts to start a blog. I am a perfectionist, so then you know how it goes. Years of paying for hosting. Months of slogging to get Wordpress up and running in the right template. After all that hard work, never ever a post came online.
It (almost) went that way with Bear Blog, too. In late 2023, I started tinkering. Until the day yesterday, again, nothing ever came online. The fact that Bear Blog is simpler doesn't change anything else. In fact, simpler than Bear Blog is not possible. Every letter and dot has to be in the right place. Who is fooling who here?
I also have a fear. Let's call it publication anxiety. I'm always afraid of what other people will think or like when I hurl something into the digital world. I know by now that I should put this aside, but still something inside me keeps shouting that it's not good enough. That no one is waiting for my thoughts to be shared with this world. That no one is taking the time and effort to dwell on this.
Maybe I need to detox from the internet altogether? Done with Instagram, gone with Facebook and not to mention Snapchat. I'm not of the TikTok generation so that makes a difference again ;)
With Trump's cry for less censorship in the online world and commerce & algorithms prevailing, maybe this is the right time to step in. The right time to do share my thoughts, concerns and view of the world with a wider audience. I've made the choice. I'm going to do it. Just. Do. It.
Please forgive me if you see a spelling error in this text. I'm writing in Dutch 🇳🇱 and this text was translated using Deepl.