I'll get there

jasonleow  •  20 Dec 2025   •    
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Here’s a rule I find useful:

You should attempt things that are difficult enough to guarantee some early embarrassment, but important enough that long-term regret is unlikely.

Trying something difficult will usually make you look foolish or inexperienced. That’s fine. That’s the cost of learning.

But if it’s important to you, then you’ll work through the early failures and — even if things ultimately change shape or don’t work out — you’ll never regret going for it." – James Clear

Goals that are hard enough to make you look bad in short term.
But important enough that you won’t look back with regret in the long term.

That’s totally what indie hacking is to me.

All the things I had to do to succeed—SaaS, plugins, products, marketing, tweets, sales—had been embarrassing. I launched projects which were crickets. Tweets which made me cringe. Tried marketing where I felt like an oily snake oil salesman after. And add on 10x more embarrassment after having grind at it for years with little to show for.

But in the long term, I know there will be something to show for.
Some day.
If I keep going, keep learning, keep changing, keep growing, keep iterating.

In the long term, it is inevitable.

I got no regrets till date spending this much time so far.

I’ll get there.

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