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Starting Something New

Whenever we are considering starting something new, we get nervous. Whether it is a new job, a business or a something in the digital sphere; a blog or a youtube channel. With these nerves we start to put it off, especially if it’s something we don’t HAVE to do.

These nerves are something I’m experiencing now, you begin to doubt yourself. You do everything to convince yourself what you’re about to do is silly and worthless. You didnt have this idea for no reason, theres clearly an important reason you’ve started the process.

Gary Vaynerchuck has the idea that you shouldnt try to create perfection with your first go, and he believes it’s actually impossible. the salve for this problem is to just start creating and reacting to the success of each individual thing you create and follow the likes essentially. So dont try to create perfection with the first go, because its not possible. Just start, and change along the way and you’ll end up with perfection in the end.

This is a short reminder (as much for myself as others) that the downsides of whatever it is you want to start are likely less than benefits, and if you’ve having doubts at the last minute, you just have to make the plunge.

PS: I got a new lens (Fujinon 16-55mm f2.8) for my camera and am stoked on it, so excuse the photo of me on the header)

Committing to Passive Income

Just finished watching Ali Abdaal’s video on youtube about his salary as a doctor and youtuber and it has really triggered me off to really start committing some time to developing some sources of passive income. A pact I made to myself years ago as a teenager was that my ‘day job’ was never going to by my sole source of income, because as Ali mentioned, you are then choosing to be doing what you do and are never forced to do it, leading to you enjoying it a lot more.

I have delved into the world of content creation previously, I’ve created viral Tik Tok videos for March On, a charity focusing on spinal cord injuries (@march_on_aus). More recently I’ve also started a podcast by myself essentially for my other work, Running Science, a running store in Sydney (runningscience.com.au/podcast) . The goal of the podcast is to make running more accessible to the general public, as well as making it seem more inclusive than it does currently in Australia.

My biggest goal in life is to get people healthier, by exercising more. I want to do this through research but also health promotion. My dream ‘day job’ is to work with the UN or WHO to increase physical activity on a global scale. How I plan to achieve this is by doing a PhD and being an excellent researcher. As I mentioned earlier, I don’t want this to be my primary source of income so what do I do? Currently I’m doing a lot of 1:1, Time:money work and I want to move away from that.

Below I’m going to list my ideas and how I can start actioning them:

  • EP Network – A friend from Uni and I saw a deficiency in how well known exercise physiologists are, so we decided to create a youtube channel to a) inform the world about what we do through educational videos, and b) help inform individuals about how easy exercise can be and how significant the benefits are.
    • ACTION: Currently we have been writing down scripts in Lockdown with evidence, as soon as we are out we have to start bulk filming these base video’s.
  • Instagram Page – I have previously been against using my personal instagram page for promotion, but I’m using it less for communicating with friends and more for just putting pretty pictures up currently. This is an opportunity to start growing and audience and building a personal brand which is incredibly important.
    • ACTION: slowly start sharing more and more of my own content on there, from the podcast, March On instagram and EP Network.
  • Writing – Writing is a passion of mine, I really enjoy it and love the idea of writing, I’m beginning to practise it more and more and hopefully get better and better. This could lead to me writing a book one day, continuing to write blog posts about my life and my work, and how that can provide value to people.
    • ACTION: Write consistent blog posts (1 per week), research how to spread blog posts and how this can grow.

This has been a good piece to write, I find by writing this in a public domain, I’m more likely to take these actions seriously and use them more going forward. I’m going to stick to these and see where it can take me.