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Don't worry about anybody else, just do what you love. Once you get steady income coming into your account, they'll turn around and ask "how you do it?" Just look at them and smile.

I actually think I'm my own biggest doubter. I told my mother about my blog a couple weeks ago, and immediately regretted the decision because I was afraid she'd think it was stupid, or read the posts about mistakes I've made, or how her parenting shaped both my good and bad financial habits. Turns out she was so proud of how I've learned from my mistakes. She even showed my blog to my father and apparently he cried.

I think that once I stop doubting myself and being afraid of what other people will think, that's the day I'll stop keeping my blog anonymous. 

Thanks John. It's tough because my family kind of instilled in me a feeling that failure isn't ok, and that you should be smart enough to get everything right the first time. I don't think my parents intended that, but they happen to both be incredibly smart individuals and my siblings are all genius caliber, so it wasn't something that was taught to me, I just observed in my family the kind of incredible level of intellect that set the standard unreachably high.

As I've grown up I've learned that my mother is much more human than I ever thought, and now we joke about which of us is the dumb one in the family.  It's nice to know I can talk to her about the mistakes I've made and she's more open with me about the mistakes she made when she was younger too.

Hi Jacob, 

I'm sure they do :). I've realised there's more to blogging than I thought. It's great to get feedback from other established PF experts! Financially I'm sure it's great, but mentally and emotionally blogging about experiences is really where I've gained a lot from the challenge.