Not first. So what.
Ever felt like no matter where you want to start, someone is already at the top? You want to write a blog — it is already written. You want to do a project — you search it online and it has already been done. You have mentors you look up to, and you wonder if you will ever reach there. Pondering ideas that have not been executed, but feeling like almost everything is done.
Late to writing.
Late to building.
Late to dreaming.
So what if you are last to the game? So what if your work is similar to what already exists — is it not 1% unique?
Can you think about it for five minutes? What are your choices?
If you are content, this is not the article for you. I am glad you have the answers to your life and are leading the life you want to. This is for people similar to me — who think they have so much potential for impact but are unable to act, because we are viewing the 100th step when we are standing at step zero.
What happens if you fail? Is it really so bad?
Will your failure not be better than not trying?
At least that failure is yours.
Being last doesn't mean you're irrelevant.
No one can write your voice. No one can build with your fingerprints. No one can tell the story from your exact angle — with your exact scars, humor, hunger, and stubborn hope.
Even if your work resembles what already exists, it will still carry something irreducible: you. And "you" is never a copy.
Can you sleep at night in peace? Won't the guilt eat away at you as years pass by and you have nothing to show? Would you be content? Are you okay to die on your deathbed without even trying your passion — without identifying it, without using your full potential?