The walls of your comfort zone are lovingly decorated with your lifelong collection of favourite excuses. Start this new month with bravely listing every task you’ve been postponing & dedicate this month to finally launching your online business. Enough is enough.

The thing about life is- it gets hard. It might look like you have your sh** together right now, but tomorrow it might fall apart. We can’t control the circumstances, but we can control how we look at them.

Back when I started my online business, I was SO lost. I was on my way to Amsterdam for a 6-month student exchange programme and I knew I had to find some way to make that extra cash to pay for well… my rent.

I had already started my blog a few months back & it was already bringing some results. My audience was slowly growing and a few bloggers even asked me to design their blogs for them. The money I received from these gigs wasn’t even enough to pay for my groceries. Yet it was beyond exciting anyways!

I know it would have been way easier for me to get a part-time job to support myself financially. However, I decided to take another way. I hustled like crazy on my blog and risked not being to pay for my living at all, just because I had the feeling.

For some reason, working online simply felt right. I loved being able to help others, I enjoyed improving my skills daily and I even didn’t mind to wake up in the middle of the night to answer new enquiries. I was determined to make this happen whatever the circumstances.

Now, five years later, I run my blog and design business full-time together with my fiance and I wouldn’t have it any other way!

Thus, when people get in touch and ask for that ONE advice I’d give to anyone looking to start a blog and launch an online business, my answer is very simple- you have to stop making excuses and do something to make it happen.

Look, there’s no best time for this & you will never have perfect conditions for taking that leap in your life.

The best time to start working on your dreams was yesterday.

If you allow yourself to let another day go by without taking at least a tiny step closer to your goal- it’s your loss.

You might be a bit afraid of a change right now this fear is holding you back, but let me tell you a little secret… when you face your fears you open yourself to limitless opportunities.

You know that saying ” you’ll never know until you try “? What are you waiting for then?

Waiting doesn’t do you any favours. Things online change & escalate quickly, so if you have a business idea that you think might work right now- you should go ahead and make it happen as soon as possible. Otherwise, you might miss your opportunity and will end up regretting not taking that step any sooner.

Now you might think that your financial situation isn’t the best right now or you’re simply too busy to start that side hustle at this point in your life. Let me ask you a question tho. Do you think that the future is going to bring that freedom without you actually taking that extra step?

The great thing about online business is that you don’t even need any huge investments or time to start.

Ok, let’s me prove this for you.

First of all, you’ll need to register a self-hosted WordPress in order to launch a website, it can all be done in 5 minutes if you use this tutorial.

Then, getting an e-commerce enabled WordPress theme such as this, this or this one will allow you to start selling straight away! You will be able to upload your digital files or take orders for physical goods while also accepting payments from PayPal or any major credit/debit card provider.

This way, you will be able to start your online business in less than an hour! I believe you can find a free hour in even the busiest schedule to make your dream come true, huh?

Be brave, stop making excuses and just go for it!

Trust me, a year from now, you will wish you had started today!