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Issue 842, Mon 4 May, 2026

Dear Escapees,

At what point does “I’ll do it later” stop being sensible and start becoming a worldview?

A lot of us spend time worrying about the risk of starting. A new job, a business, a side project, a different version of our life. Fair enough. Starting things can be awkward, expensive, badly timed, embarrassing, or all four.

What gets less airtime is the cost of not starting. Not in some dramatic regret-filled way, just in the quieter accumulation of all the things that never got a proper go because there was always a reason to wait.

This week’s Top 10 is for anyone who suspects that “later” is starting to wear a bit thin. The roles below might be worth acting on now rather than admiring from a safe distance.

And if the thing you keep postponing is not a job but an idea, our Startup Accelerator might be the place to finally test it properly. Applications close on 28th May, and the next cohort starts on 10th June, so this is very much a “do something with it now” moment. Sometimes the most useful thing you can do for an idea is stop protecting it from reality.

Apply to the Startup Accelerator here >

Happy Escaping,

Team Escape

P.S. We’re hosting a live conversation with Dom Jackman, co-founder of Escape the City, about starting before you feel fully ready. We’ll talk honestly about what it takes to get an idea off the ground, how to move through the early wobbles, and why testing beats overthinking almost every time. Join us here>

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