Wow!. Really inspiring write-up. Thanks for sharing. No. You are not an idiot. When you find time, please pick-up "Anything You want" by Derek Sivers. Essential

Wow!. Really inspiring write-up. Thanks for sharing. No. You are not an idiot. When you find time, please pick-up "Anything You want" by Derek Sivers. Essentially, You don't need a business idea. You just make something that "helps" people however vague that might sound. GOod luck with your venture and Indie Hackers is Great and Channing Allen has built a Great community around it with an awesome podcast to boot!. Who knows you could even be back at Google after "successfully" bootstrapping your startup for a few years.