Does anyone feel like they’re just staring at a screen pushing buttons all day working on another app people could easily live without? It’s hot outside and a dude is mowing the lawn, he’s sweating like a pig but looks a fuckload happier than I do.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I had a lawn biz in High School and enjoyed it (vs standing behind a counter at the mall). I've been behind a computer the rest of my life and often look outside at all the construction going on and think "Building houses like my Grandfather used to do would be more fun & productive than moving pixels around a screen all day".

Apps people can easily live without are ruining venture capital and angel investing by over-saturating the marketplace with shitty startups.

Find something important to work on. Solve a real problem.

I have the same feeling most of the times. When I first got into the whole entrepreneurship bubble, I was so excited about "changing the world". It's a fantasy I guess. I'm still so passionate about what I do, but I don't even call my products startups anymore, they're just a products I build because I need them to exist, if some others get interested into it, then I could make it a business. My old thinking was more like "if my idea works, how am I gonna raise money? how am I gonna find a cofounder?". I think it's best to start small on things you need yourself, and understand that the only way to change the world is to do your best with the talents you have.

I am doing a "physical startup" real outside work, real sweat but something unique that I have never seen.