stop letting the regrets be the cause of your inaction
| for a better and regret-free 2026 (part 1)
We always want our year-ends to be regret-free and most of us also set resolutions for the next year, for a more “productive” year, but have you ever felt the problem isn’t in the execution but the mind itself? I often find myself wanting to be more creative, more productive, more active, more studious and what not.
The regrets ususally go like “Man I wish I procrastinated less”, “Damn why did i scroll sm, I should’ve read more books” or “Goodlord why did I put on sm weight, why didn’t I workout or sthg”, but just overthinking about the regrets won’t take us anywhere.
It’s in truly letting go of the past and your inactions in order for you to truly move on and stop hating on yourself. Sure a new year gives us all the opportunity to start again, a fresh page to be written by our ambitious-selves, however true change can only be induced when its from a self-loving heart, not the one which critiques you at any given moment.
The time we waste thinking about all the things we could’ve done in the past 2-5 months can instead be used to create all that we desire in the next few months. Starting late is never a failure, but not starting or not trying at all, certainly is. A lot of us also feel discouraged by the fear of failure, myself included, I want to create more voiceover & creative content so bad, but I tend to belittle myself, compare my skills to others and end up not taking any action towards my creative goals.
Substack feels like the only platform I’ve been at all consistent with & am genuinely proud of myself for that, but I also know that I need to start acting on the inspirational ideas I get for my Instagram & Youtube. So here’s me promising you that I will post a voiceover reel in the next 3-4 days and also will be adding the link here after uploading. Wish me luck hehe!
My point is that if you wanna do something, create sthg, talk to someone, start a project (a substack even) then DO IT, stop hoarding in all the creative ideas, my love. Also, we’re so close to 200K omg omg I can’t believe this, I love y’all sm. 🥹💗
xoxo
Shreya
Hi, just joined Substack and yours is the first post I've read ❤️. It's the first step in DOING something. Lots to say all stuck inside my busy mind. Hoping I can commit to this and share my voice in 2026!
I relate to this so much. Almost every evening, I sit with myself asking the same questions knowing deep down that most of it lives in my mind. I tell myself I’ll do better tomorrow, that I’ll start then but tomorrow often turns into procrastination. I’m realizing the only real answer is to begin. To stop overthinking and just start. Start messy. Start imperfect. Just start