To be honest I much rather try and fail, than lay in my bed and thinking what if. Finding a normal 9-5 job, with a lot of overtime is always easy. Don’t let anyone talk you down, especially bad thoughts our minds create

Keep going. 35 is young as fuck.

“The only person who will give you grief about having ago is someone that has never had ago themself” - My dad to me growing up

There is nothing to handle I am afraid. Let it go through you.

Try to not take what they say too seriously. They have (I am guessing) not tried what you have, so don’t have perspective on what it took you to strive for success.

Make note of all your lessons learned, and you would never have learned them had you not tried and failed (someone once told me to fail fast, still trying to master that).

Ask them why they said what they said? And let them know the impact it had on you. Not from a “make then wrong” lens, but from a generous curious one. It may give you both insight.

You have tried and learned so much to take with you on your next attempt, congratulations.

You can’t.

Is it as fuel to get successful af. You have it in you, of your willing to try what most people see as a crazy idea then you can do it.

Pivot, test new business, whatever you were doing it’s not a failure was just the learning process to the next business.

Unfortunately risk adverse people seek familiarity and instant reward (paychecks)…. The key is to understand the psychology behind it and , separate yourself. You can love them, understand where they come from and know they mean well and safety is just security to them. What did you learn? What do you want to do now? And what adventures awaits you? And just keep going after that…. I made errors too. I’m gutsy and didn’t do enough planning (measuring). I’ve taken it upon myself to apply a methodology. Be more data driven and make an effort to build some foundational knowledge to understand the mechanisms in place and then execute.

everyone fail not just u , dont give up

You’re 35, not 65. You still have lots of time to be a successful entrepreneur. Shake it off, stay hungry, find another business to get into, and then work your ass off to make it a success.

I hate to say it, but you need to ignore them and not pay any attention to their advice. I went through something similar with my parents. I had to tell them that I love them, but please don’t give me advice about things you know nothing about. Humoring them was taking a toll, and I don’t have energy for that anymore.

Get a day job for a while, reflect on lessons learned, and think about how you can scale back your idea or think of another idea that is scaled down enough that you can get it going in your spare time.

Give some other thing a shot. Learn to leverage your learning from failure and get even better. ;⁠)

It does seem you’re also as judgemental on yourself as your family.

You’re a “failed entrepreneur” because you don’t have the guts to stick to it. You’ve given up not because of the failed ventures but because of your self esteem

Evaluate what you’ve done. Why it failed? What has failed? And then continue to pivot or change.

How do they define failure? The true failure is for someone never being brave enough to try.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
-Teddy Roosevelt