Leslie, you are procrastinating by posting this. There are countless posts similar to yours on HN, and if you dig them up, you'll find the same consistent and g

Leslie, you are procrastinating by posting this. There are countless posts similar to yours on HN, and if you dig them up, you'll find the same consistent and good advice in all of them; just do it. Your "great idea" may or may not be as great as you imagine, but the only way to find out is to try, and if you do try, you'll learn something. I might be a home run, but then again, you might just get in some batting practice. Both are good outcomes.