Delusional

You need to be a bit delusional to do indie hacking.

You delude yourself that you’re talented/generalist enough to juggle X number of roles daily - developer, designer, entrepreneur, marketer, admin, HR, accountant, even therapist.

You delude yourself that you have a chance at succeeding, even though 90% of startups fail.

You delude yourself that it’s better than 9-5. It’s not better, just different. It might be more suited for your personality or skillsets, but not objectively better.

You delude yourself that being consistent is good, even virtuous. But truth is, nobody knows. Sometimes consistency works. Sometimes intensity works. Sometimes it works for someone, not you. Sometimes it works for you, other times it doesn’t for you.

You delude yourself that deluding yourself is radical optimism, is reality distortion, is bending the markets to your will. Without which, you could never even try. But there’s no objective truth in there.

You need to be a bit delusional, yes.

It’s not always a bad thing.
It’s not always a good thing either.

Do what works.
Discard the rest.