Reality checks are essential to get you on track when you stray into a wrong path or save wasted effort when you cannot see clearly.

In a previous blog post, I discussed using these "uh oh" moments to reorient a derailed project.

But recently:

I've been seeing newsletter intros or tweets on how doing something and succeeding, for example, YouTube, is super hard.

Or that producing good quality videos involves huge costs that most of us can't afford.

Now:

I'm not trying to discredit these posts, but what I don't like about them is that they can backfire into not trying anything risky.

We have a natural tendency to take the safe path. And advice like this from influential people adds fuel to the fire.

It's easy to ditch the idea of starting a YouTube channel seeing that the journey is too complicated or simply out of our reach since we can't afford the financial obligations.

But here's the thing:

You'll never know until you try.

When I started the Hulry blog, I had heard for over 3–4 years that blogging was dead.

Nevertheless, I went ahead with some ideas and a few dollars of investment, and this has been the best side project till now.

So, if you have been demotivated by something you read online or by something a friend said, remember this:

Not everything applies to everyone.

You might have a vision or approach others cannot see or aren't willing to acknowledge.

So:

Keep believing in your abilities and try new ideas without letting others' opinions hold you back.

You can always pivot to something else if things aren't quite working out the way you intended.

With that said, now, let's move on to the rest of this newsletter issue:

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