[klauss]

Allow me to share another perspective.

Author at some level would like to blog ("I would love to follow the steps of my idols") but then finds reasons to rationalize a priori why it's not worth it.

These reasons might be valid and it's perfectly fine to drop this arbitrary goal and to go pursue something else. But I think that's not necessarily easier to do, it's difficult to control what we are drawn to. And deciding what to do based on a self-assessment about your chances of success is just one heuristic from many others. Welcoming serendipity and knowing you'll get better at it should be considered too. As Steve Job said, "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards."

This blog post also reads like wanting the benefits of the outcome without the risk of "failing" or the efforts of the process. I'd argue there are only upsides to trying: so little to lose VS. so much to gain. You get to choose when to stop trying, worst-case scenario is having wasted time exploring some things that were interesting to you anyway.