Your problem isn't a lack of information. You're just a hoarder.

[Dawnbringer]

We use "gathering more data" the exact same way we use cleaning the house when we're supposed to be studying. ​

It’s just socially acceptable procrastination.​

You don't need another spreadsheet, Susan.

You need to stop lying to yourself. Here is the 5-step reality check to run before you ruin your life next week:

1. Look at the ugly basement first

Stop visualizing the yacht. And stop imagining a meteor hitting Earth. What is the realistic, boring, embarrassing version of this failing?

If it fails, do you just lose a week of work, or

do you have to move back in with your parents? If you can't handle the moving truck, drop the project.

2. Check the exit doors

How trapped are you if you're wrong? Texting the wrong person is a mistake you can fix by throwing your phone in a lake.

Signing a five-year commercial lease for a product nobody wants is a hostage situation.

Never walk into a room if the door locks from the outside.

3. Size matters (Stop looking at the absolute numbers)

Losing ten thousand bucks means nothing to a tech billionaire.

Losing ten thousand bucks to you means you're eating instant noodles until winter.

Stop looking at what the gurus are risking.

Look at your own bank account and calculate exactly how long you can survive on sleep and tap water.

4. Map the domino effect

If this actually works, what happens next?

Does it just make you a little bit of money, or does it open doors that let you completely quit your day job?

If the absolute best-case scenario is just "I get a pat on the back from a manager I hate," why are you risking your sanity?

5. Write down the Kill Switch now

You need to set a timer on your bad ideas before you start them.

Because once you are three months deep, sleep-deprived, and fueled by caffeine, your brain will convince you that success is "just around the corner."

Write down your quit-trigger on a piece of paper today, because tomorrow you’re going to start delusional hallucinating.

This won't stop bad things from happening. Nothing does. But it stops you from freezing like a deer in headlights .and ensures that when you do get hit by the truck, you can actually get back up.

 

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