24/05/2025
Making a mistake and failing is far easier to deal with, than the regret of never trying.
You donât have to be great to start. Seriously, you donât. That idea that everything has to be perfect before you move? Itâs a trap. Waiting for the stars to align, for the timing to feel right, for your confidence to magically show up out of nowhere thatâs how dreams slowly fade into the background. If you want to be great, youâve got to start. Messy, scared, unsure start anyway. Because greatness is never born from waiting. Itâs built from doing, failing, learning, adjusting, and doing again.
People always ask, âWhenâs the best time?â the Truth? Itâs now. Itâs not next week, itâs not when you get more experience or finally feel ready. Itâs not when everythingâs calm or when youâve figured it all out. Itâs now. Right now. This exact moment. The present is always the best time, because itâs the only time youâve really got at hand. The future is a promise, not a guarantee and anything can happen in the next two sec.
And letâs be honest with ourselves here. We all make excuses. We say weâre too tired, too busy, too broke, too unprepared. But deep down, we know the truth. Most of the time, those are just walls we build to protect ourselves from fear. Fear of failing. Fear of judgment. Fear of not being good enough. Fear of being mocked by people who knows us, family and relatives. But excuses donât fool the world they fool you. Every time you make an excuse, youâre selling yourself short. Youâre telling your future self, âI wasnât brave enough to try.â
Hereâs the thing about failure itâs quick. It happens, it stings, you learn, and you move on which is better. But Regret, though? Regret is heavy. It lingers. It whispers in your ear years down the line when you wonder what could have been. Regret is that silent ache in your chest when you think about the path you didnât take, the chance you didnât jump at, the update you never grabbed, the person you didnât become because you hesitated. Because there's a saying that "the only things we truly mourn are the things we didnât do". Not the failures. Not the stumbles. But The missed moments.
And yes, mistakes are part of the process. Nobody wants to fall flat on their face, especially in front of others. Itâs embarrassing. Itâs uncomfortable. But guess what? Thatâs where the growth happens. Thatâs how you evolve. Some lessons canât be taught they have to be lived. You can read all the books, watch all the videos, listen to all the advice, but until you get in the game, you wonât really get it. That mistake youâre so afraid of? It might just be your best teacher.
Life is full of things we donât want to face loss, disappointment, change. There are people we wish could stay forever, moments we wish could last a little longer, and truths we wish we never had to learn. But this is the trade-off for being alive. We grow through pain. We become wiser through heartbreak. We learn who we really are when everything around us shakes. Itâs not fair, itâs not easy, but itâs real. And youâve got to keep going.
So today, no matter how small the step is, take it. Speak up. Start that project. Text that person. Sign up for the thing. Share your story. Fail forward if you have to, but donât stand still. Donât let fear freeze you. You werenât born to play it safe. You werenât built just to exist. Youâre here to live, to try, to fall, to rise, and to feel the thrill of chasing something that matters.
Because the pain of failing literally fades. But the weight of regret the kind that comes from never trying that sticks with you. So take the chance. Be bold. Be messy. Be brave. The future you is waiting. And theyâll thank you for starting today.
Following Amos Nelson
