You are so right! It is very easy to get discouraged!
I started making videos when all the OG youtubers did, but my family found out and made fun of me. If I continued, despite what they said, I could have been working on a huge channel.
Don't ever let people tell you that you can't do something. If they say that, it's mostly because THEY CAN'T.
Hope to see you keep vlogging on here!