It might not be much, but it’s yours.

And with that idea, you begin to see a path. It’s not clear at first, but the more you think about the idea, the clearer the path becomes. Soon the path is so clear that it’s impossible to ignore. Any boundaries can be crossed, any fences can be jumped.

The path, you now realise, is yours.

YOU HAVE AN IDEA, YOU HAVE A PATH, AND THAT’S ALL YOU HAVE.

It might not be much, but it’s yours.

What is your idea? It could be to make a t-shirt company out of internet memes. It could be to bring Breaking Bad reruns to Ethiopia. It could be to start a travel blog centered on storytelling: this was my idea.

Don’t listen to anyone who tells you your idea is unrealistic or that your path has been walked too many times before. Let no external judge decide the validity of your idea.

Trying to monetize a travel blog is in many ways an unrealistic pursuit. It’s a crowded path. There are many people walking it for the wrong reasons. But there’s nothing more obnoxious than a blogger writing a blog post about his own blog. So, let’s switch it up.

Let’s talk Breaking Bad.