Getting Overwhelmed With Ideas and Don't Know Where to Start? Here Is What You Can Do

Every person, especially in his early 20s, has many desires and does not know how to fulfill them.

We set goals and fail. Then we jump on to the next goal and it just seems to be a never-ending cycle.  

But we find a source of inspiration such as YouTube or podcasts and we hear all these various ways to get what we want. Countless possibilities and so many directions we could take that we are overwhelmed by these ideas.

That can leave you in a worse state than before because you just don't know what to start with and where to put your focus on.

If your goal is to become rich, then where should you even start?

Everyone is talking about dropshipping, e-commerce, investing, crypto copywriting, etc.

You try one out and it might seem to be interesting. But there is this force that pushes you in other directions as well.

Now you want to know more about investing because you're getting older and they say you should start early, but simultaneously, you want to expand your skills in copywriting.

But if you do both, you don't have enough time to balance everything out and cannot become great at one of them...

There is this constant conflict going on in your head. This can cause you to just stagnate. To freeze and do nothing.

That's what we don't want to happen.

Here is some advice that can avoid stagnation and keep you in the process of reaching your goals.

1. Define Your Priorities

Determine what you want to start with and what you might like in the long run.

If you want to get better at copywriting, then list it as the number 1 priority. What comes after that? Investing? Alright, that's second. Create a list.

And if you don't know, maybe you should invest your free time in one area that appeals to you and the next day in another. Do this for a few weeks and you'll get a better picture of what interests you more and what you could spend more time on.

2. Create the Right System

So if copywriting is my number one priority, then I should create a system that works in my favor.

Say every morning I spend 1 hour on it and another hour in the afternoon.

Priority 2 gets some time at the end of the day. Nothing crazy, maybe like 30 minutes to an hour. It's on you to define that time but stick to it. After a while, you'll see what works best for you, and then you can adjust your time accordingly.

It's important to invest most of your energy into priority number 1, that's why I put copywriting (prio 1) before priority 2. You'll be less exhausted.

If you have to work a 9-5, think about waking up earlier and investing 1 hour before work. and after work, you do the same.

Be smart with your time.

Example.

My goal is to publish a blog post every day for 3 months. But I also want to keep up with my french skills.

In the morning I wake up and go to the gym. I'm back from work at around 6 PM. Then I write for a while and need to cook.

There is no room for working on my french.

Solution: Analyze and adjust.

So instead of writing a post each day, I have 2-3 days in the week where I write multiple posts so that on the other 4-5 days, I can come home from work and have more time for learning french.

It's like a game, try to find small gaps in your schedule to make more room for the things you want to work on.  

3. Stop Distracting Your Focus With More Opportunities  

Honestly, clicking on Youtube and seeing all these people that want to show you cool side hustles and other crazy opportunities that can make you rich, gets so overwhelming and confusing.

You found something interesting, and all of a sudden someone presents you with another idea and another one. That only brings you back to where you started. Distracted and not knowing what to do.

If you found an interest, focus on it. Don't consume this endless content about how much money you could make with whatever. It's not relevant.

4. Your Incentive Shouldn't Be Money

That's something I learned along the way. Gurus posing with how much money they made with all kinds of side hustles.

Sure, it's important to know if something is worthwhile. I mean, who would invest so much time in a skill if there wasn't something to gain at some point?

But you have to like it.

If it's easy for you to sit down at your desk in your free time and write, you are much less likely to quit. When the euphoria is gone and you don't feel like writing, there still has to be enjoyment behind it. A purpose. And money is not the purpose that will get you there.

Choose something you're much more likely to enjoy in the long run. Something that might fit your innate skills.  

5. Dont Focus on the Outcome

This one is a biggy. I don't know how many times I started with something and just looked at how far behind I am compared to others.

You want to start building a following from 0 but see others having hundreds of thousands of followers. That toxic self-talk reminds you how unrealistic it is to get there and how long it would take us.

Thanks to Ryan Holiday, I started realizing how much I shouldn't focus on that, but rather focus on the process.

The process: That voice in your head that forces you to sit down and do some work. Even if it's just the smallest bit. Not focusing on results or how far you still have to go. Just doing the work you were supposed to do in the present moment.

Right now, my goal is not to reach thousands of people with my blog. The process is telling me that my current goal is to write 3 articles. Tomorrow it will tell me that I need to publish one and write another. Not more, not less.

Just do the thing that you have to do in the present moment. Because when you look at the big picture, that's how you'll get there.

You won't get there by constantly reminding yourself that you're not where you want to be.

I did that before, and it never brought me anything of value.  

Time to Iterate. Fail. Adjust. And Iterate.