Why you must do it even if 'it's been done before.'

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Your excuse for sitting on your ass is:

'It's been done before.'

But everything's been done before, Einstein.

Successful creators create stuff others have done all the time.

But they do it anyway because they know they can bring a fresh take.

That's enough.

Originality is mostly in how you take an idea and make it yours because only you are you.

The issue is that you don't see why you're special. You're special because you have your own set of experiences, memories, hardships, and successes. No one else has your unique personality, tastes, and blend of humour.

That's your problem.

You've been hiding yourself for so long you've become a walking stereotype. You no longer interest yourself, so why would anyone else find you interesting?

You underestimate yourself, and so you blame external crap that has nothing to do with why you can't go ahead and do it.

• This has nothing to do with 'unoriginality.'

• This has nothing to do with 'it being overdone.'

Just because others are doing it, perhaps in their thousands, does not mean you can't do it and absolutely crush it.

You also don't realise how close you are to seeing how fascinating an individual you really are. This starts by letting go and being honest with yourself.

Let go of the societal programming, the self-programming.

Letting go, being honest and telling us what you think is a practice. It takes continually stepping into the unknown and feeling weird doing it.

Maybe you create something, and you think it isn't perfect. Publish it. Get it done. What's important is the image you define for yourself through hundreds of consecutive shares.

Build a picture of you.

Spend some time reflecting on what makes you interesting. Maybe you had an exciting life—that's good. Maybe you had a life marred by loss—that's great.

Maybe you've spent most of your life on a sofa and can't understand why anyone would care, but guess what? Many people share the same experience but aren't as courageous as you to tell it to us straight.

This all contributes. Use it. Stop using these quirks or mistakes or pains as reasons to hide. Use them as reasons to make it work.

People really don't care that it's been done before.

People want to see you revelling in your uniqueness.

So bet on yourself.

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