Thank you for writing this. It is making me see what's at stake, which is basically this: > So the real cost is more than the money I lost. I made my girlfrien

Thank you for writing this. It is making me see what's at stake, which is basically this: > So the real cost is more than the money I lost. I made my girlfriend stay home for a year, we didn't do anything, we didn't buy clothes and ate the cheapest food, etc. --- > I got much more from the articles that I wrote here on Indie Hackers than from any of my projects. And I did those in a couple of hours. I know you don't like that it only took a couple of hours. But if you got more from them, why not go further into that? 80/20 etc. > Every time that I want to promote something, my stomach hurts. If I share an article on Reddit I feel anxious for a week. When I go to a Facebook Group to suggest my apps, I feel sick. If I send a private message on Twitter or Linkedin, I can't sleep. All the time I think people are going to hate me, tell me that I am an idiot, a con maker, that my ideas are terrible, that I suck. And they did many times, and I can't handle that while making $0. So, I quit. That sucks. I'll be on the lookout for these signals as well. If I have them, then I either try to find a growth hacker type of person, or quit as well. > I always wanted to write more. I love it. But I felt that I couldn't write if I wasn't successful. But I guess there are no rules. Indeed, there aren't. When you write, you get to set the frame and tone of your message.