Welp,
It's time for me to stop reading about swimming and get into the water. Let's begin.
Our Story So Far:
Idea Spark Moment: Recently, through gritted teeth, I had to fake a polite "No no, it's okay! Don't worry about it!" to someone. The resulting angry drive home led me to voice a lot of... colorful... "I hate" language.
Idea to Help Others: I wish there was a marketplace where licensed businesses and hobby-dabblers in this niche could share their services with people in their local community who need them. I want someone with zero knowledge and high on Nyquil able to stumble onto my site and still manage a successful purchase/sale so that people like me aren't driving home disappointed because my needs are "inconvenient" to others.
Challenges (TL;DR its Me, I'm the challenge):
First Homework Assignment: Plan. Ensuring my idea aligns with CENTS principles or has the potential to scale and evolve to meet them.
I'll be back with my findings. Let's see where this journey takes us!
Update 2: Comment #8
It's time for me to stop reading about swimming and get into the water. Let's begin.
Our Story So Far:
Idea Spark Moment: Recently, through gritted teeth, I had to fake a polite "No no, it's okay! Don't worry about it!" to someone. The resulting angry drive home led me to voice a lot of... colorful... "I hate" language.
Idea to Help Others: I wish there was a marketplace where licensed businesses and hobby-dabblers in this niche could share their services with people in their local community who need them. I want someone with zero knowledge and high on Nyquil able to stumble onto my site and still manage a successful purchase/sale so that people like me aren't driving home disappointed because my needs are "inconvenient" to others.
Challenges (TL;DR its Me, I'm the challenge):
- Facing Vulnerability: The crux of my challenges. It's scary to attach my name and face to something that will be publicly judged that I'm not 100% solid on. (even posting this required a pep talk). The internet can be nasty. And it can feel gross to be called slurs and put down simply for standing out too much.
Solution: Likely exposure therapy/tough skin-building. I can't control whether the gun of public opinion is firing candy, blanks, or buckshot, so I must build better armor to handle it all.
- Combatting Action Faking: When nerves kick in (about the above), my defense mech is to invent stupid little RPG side quests that SUDDENLY matter more than the next step. (Suddenly, I'm obsessing for a week over which color/logo/font combo "invokes the right emotions" to avoid something I hate.)
Solution: I'm setting SMART goals and mapping out micro-steps of the aspects/tasks that scare me to stay on track. When courage strikes, I tackle the scariest tasks first—like diving into recordings, facing interviews, and braving meet-n-greets. (or like now, posting this thread). Exposure almost always reduces my fear, just gotta suck it up and power through the first few times until my brain goes "oh, there's no danger here".
- Maintaining Audacity: Pushing forward despite scripted people trying to put me back "in my place."
Solution: I've spent too long in the herd, but if they're headed to the slaughterhouse, I can't follow. It's okay to shut down and shut out people who can't help but be pessimistic. (I might need to NOT SHARE so much with these folks. Let the proof be enough.)
First Homework Assignment: Plan. Ensuring my idea aligns with CENTS principles or has the potential to scale and evolve to meet them.
I'll be back with my findings. Let's see where this journey takes us!
Update 2: Comment #8
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