Nagging doubts

So I started in on making my little media outlet happen. I got a new e-mail address. I built a couple blog pages and linked them together. But now, I'm starting to have an attack of the dreaded Nagging Doubts. Here they are, in no particular order:

• Do I have the time for this?
• Will anyone care?
• Will anyone actually pay to advertise on the site?
• Do I have the technical skills to pull this off?
• Is this a big enough priority for me that I'll put in the time to really make it happen? Even bigger than, say
  • Jazz school
  • Bebe
  • The garden
  • Taijutsu
• In the big picture, why do I want to do this? Is it just a change, or really something I want to pursue?

I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 on Sunday, and I was outraged, pissed off, and ready to go do something. I didn't know what, but clearly, I had to do something. Then, yesterday evening, I heard Democracy Now's broadcast of Arundhati Roy's talk "Public Power in the Age of Empire," and, man, talk about really having to *do something*! I figured that a really good something to do is keep people aware and educated about what's going on in the world and how they, personally, can work to change things if they don't like them. This seems like a decent concept, but how to put it into practice? Of course! The rapidly growing blogosphere is the perfect place! Ah, but again, the Nagging Doubts.

• Will the people around here really go online for news?
• If they do read an article, will they contribute anything to the blog, even if it's just to tell me to feck off?
• Who am I to make this machine that'll potentially help steer entire communities?

OK, so maybe I'm getting a little grandiose. Maybe I'm a little too self-absorbed. Maybe I should do a little more planning before I launch. Or maybe I should just jump.