# Never be ashamed of what you do not have

> This is how I started out, never be ashamed of things that you don't have!

- Author: Rajesh Namase
- Published: 2015-08-14
- Category: Life
- Canonical: https://namase.com/never-be-ashamed

---
This is how I started out, never be ashamed of things that you don't have!

The genius thing that I did was, I didn't give up.

<div data-lb style="max-width:520px">
  <figure class="shot">
    <a href="/images/never-be-ashamed-desk.webp"><img src="/images/never-be-ashamed-desk.webp" width="1400" height="1867" loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="Me in 2013 sitting cross-legged on a patterned tile floor, a laptop across my knees, working against a bare wall" title="This is what &quot;how I started out&quot; looked like. 2013, on the floor." /></a>
    <figcaption>This is what "how I started out" looked like. 2013, on the floor.</figcaption>
  </figure>
</div>