This is another good thing to remember. If you follow the opinions of miserable people, you’re likely to end up miserable yourself.
I’ve been doing some projects that I’ve only been thinking about for years. The reason I didn’t actually do them, until now, wasn’t entirely because of (the opinions of) miserable people. But yeah, that did play a part. At first, I found them scary; now, I imagine dealing with them would be PITA.
Nevertheless, now, more and more, they don’t get to play a part in my life, because… well, my life is un-miserable. Maybe it’ll be fun to watch them get more miserable by seeing just how un-miserable I am.