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I've been coming to HN for months and months always dreaming of doing something on the side along with my megacorp job but I have not started on anything. If I

I've been coming to HN for months and months always dreaming of doing something on the side along with my megacorp job but I have not started on anything. If I get an Idea, I wonder about it for 2 to 3 days thinking about reasons why it won't work and forget about it. I think about at least opening my own small consulting company on the side but then think how would I get any clients. This has basically been going on for quite a lot of months. But I end up going home, sitting in bed and still contemplating things. For what its worth, I was happy before being bitten by the startup bug, I guess not knowing what things CAN be like is better than knowing what things CAN be like but not being able to do anything about it. Knowing that I need to change my attitude and finish things, reading this article made me fill and mail the registration for my LLC.

Hisoka 15y ago
But do you have an idea?
- Omnipresent 15y ago
  I do not but at the very least I want to go out there and find my first consulting client.
  - wallflower 15y ago
    I worked at a small company that had a graphic designer who volunteered his skills to do promotions, posters for a few local non-profits. He really did a good job. From this work, through board members of the non-profits, he got great work (lucrative, think corporate annual reports). When I first started consulting, I did pro-bono work. If you do it well and network in your local community, you will be approached with offers for work. Think of your first few engagements as investments. And with luck and calibrated hard work, you will build your portfolio and reputation For finding pro-bono work, you must believe in their cause.
nthj 15y ago
I've dealt with a similar issue the last few months, mate. Introspection to the level of getting almost nothing done. I finally self-diagnosed myself with a testosterone deficiency, and immediately gave up caffeine, ate healthier and started regular exercise. The introspection is still there, but it's far, far, far less a problem, in only 3 weeks. I can't believe how much stuff I'm accomplishing. So if I can go from crippled to David Allen 2.0 in less than a month, there's hope for anyone. Be healthy, be interesting, and the dreaming should naturally turn into doing sooner rather than later. Far better than trying to force it. I may or may not had an issue with this. The point is my psyche believed I did, giving me specific ways to “fix it.” Mental game here.
- Omnipresent 15y ago
  _Introspection to the level of getting almost nothing done._ I'll remember that. Good to know I'm not the only one out there. I agree with you, finishing things and getting things done should start eternally and inside you first. key is to be consistent in anything you do.
ignifero 15y ago
I believe you ll be hugely more motivated if you find yourself without a job for a while. It makes a difference, you are sort of forced to think and act faster (at least, it worked for me)
- Omnipresent 15y ago
  that big of a risk I just can not afford to take right now. especially without an idea and market research backing the idea.
  - jaredmck 15y ago
    What this says to me is you're really not ready or wanting to do something else. Sure, there's some risk- but trust me, you probably underrate the risk of your megacorp job. Losing my lame but safe job was the best thing that ever happened to me. Go for it if you really want to do something else, and if you don't? Stop fooling yourself.
    - Omnipresent 15y ago
      did you lose the job w/out an idea of what you will do after quitting the job?

Hisoka 15y ago

But do you have an idea?

Omnipresent 15y ago
I do not but at the very least I want to go out there and find my first consulting client.
- wallflower 15y ago
  I worked at a small company that had a graphic designer who volunteered his skills to do promotions, posters for a few local non-profits. He really did a good job. From this work, through board members of the non-profits, he got great work (lucrative, think corporate annual reports). When I first started consulting, I did pro-bono work. If you do it well and network in your local community, you will be approached with offers for work. Think of your first few engagements as investments. And with luck and calibrated hard work, you will build your portfolio and reputation For finding pro-bono work, you must believe in their cause.

nthj 15y ago

I've dealt with a similar issue the last few months, mate. Introspection to the level of getting almost nothing done. I finally self-diagnosed myself with a testosterone deficiency, and immediately gave up caffeine, ate healthier and started regular exercise. The introspection is still there, but it's far, far, far less a problem, in only 3 weeks. I can't believe how much stuff I'm accomplishing. So if I can go from crippled to David Allen 2.0 in less than a month, there's hope for anyone. Be healthy, be interesting, and the dreaming should naturally turn into doing sooner rather than later. Far better than trying to force it. I may or may not had an issue with this. The point is my psyche believed I did, giving me specific ways to “fix it.” Mental game here.

Omnipresent 15y ago
_Introspection to the level of getting almost nothing done._ I'll remember that. Good to know I'm not the only one out there. I agree with you, finishing things and getting things done should start eternally and inside you first. key is to be consistent in anything you do.

ignifero 15y ago

I believe you ll be hugely more motivated if you find yourself without a job for a while. It makes a difference, you are sort of forced to think and act faster (at least, it worked for me)

Omnipresent 15y ago
that big of a risk I just can not afford to take right now. especially without an idea and market research backing the idea.
- jaredmck 15y ago
  What this says to me is you're really not ready or wanting to do something else. Sure, there's some risk- but trust me, you probably underrate the risk of your megacorp job. Losing my lame but safe job was the best thing that ever happened to me. Go for it if you really want to do something else, and if you don't? Stop fooling yourself.
  - Omnipresent 15y ago
    did you lose the job w/out an idea of what you will do after quitting the job?