From the archive

You didn't change your mind. You got scared

You can also decide you don't want it anymore. There doesn't have to be a comeback story. You don't owe your younger self a business, a move, a book, or the rest of your life spent proving an old ambition was sensible. But say that, if it's true. Stop carrying the abandoned plan around as evidence of what you could have been. Stop telling people you're about to begin when you've quietly decided you never will. And if you still want it, admit the other possibility: you're scared.