Finally, My First Post

I am a procrastinator. But not the normal sit on the couch and watch Netflix type of procrastinator. The very sneaky procrastinator. The procrastinator that looks and feels very productive but in actuality is creating nothing new to put out into the world. The one that spends hours upon hours learning every single minutiae of detail about investing, having not invested a single penny. The one that knows every single type of exercise, training method, and workout plan but only works out on average one or two times a week. The one who has studied the ins and outs of business and entrepreneurship but lacks the courage and ambition to launch and scale. I am not a procrastinator, I am a master procrastinator. I may be slightly better than the Netflix watcher, as at least I am learning to maybe one day be able to apply my knowledge in the world. However, what’s the point of having the tools if they are never going to be used? How do you break in new shoes without putting them to the gravel. I have finally come to the conclusion that I need to create more than I consume — if that will actually happen is another story, but at least the intention is there (I am writing this blog, aren’t I!).

I think this is the main component that sets apart the successful people of the world (whatever that means). They actually make stuff. A lot of stuff. There is little to no space between knowledge consumed and output related to that knowledge. I need to train myself to be able to generate something tangible as quick as the idea pops up in my head. I don’t need more knowledge; I will learn as I go. I don’t need a better plan; the next steps will show themselves when the time is right.

So, how am I going to implement this in my day to day life? I have come up with a bit of an outline to help guide me in the right direction. I will test it out over the next week and see if the following rules actually work.

1. Write here every day. Off the top of my head; just write. Even if it’s a piece shit; just write. My grammar and punctuation is terrible; just write. Stop with the excuses; just write. I think this will help me think more clearly and will potentially be helpful to look back on. Who knows, maybe this will help someone else one day. Most importantly, i’m creating not consuming.

2. As far as consumption of knowledge goes; I want to mainly get my knowledge from books, as this is the least addictive form of acquiring knowledge. I will allow myself to watch one podcast a week (no exceptions — nice try!), however long car rides are acceptable as I can’t (or shouldn't) create stuff while i’m driving.

3. Once I have an idea for something, it must be at least started by the end of the day and I will not allow myself to give up on it until I have a minimum viable product, in which case I can assess weather it is a waste of my time to pursue further or not.

Well that’s it for now, until tomorrow. I guess I have to start on all of these app ideas now…wish me luck.

Disclaimer: no artificial intelligence was used to create this blog post (minus the actual creation of the site using Squarespace’s AI website builder — my coding skills are severely insufficient which is yet another thing I didn't quite follow through on, but that’s besides the point). All of the ideas are indeed from a human brain. I was tempted to use the old GPT to correct my terrible grammar and punctuation but I don’t think that is essential to get my message across. If you are reading this and you don’t like it; feel free to go somewhere else where the AI models have made the writing absolutely flawless. Your choice.