We've all been there at some point in our lives, not necessarily with investments / projects like this, but to some degree we have all fallen guilty. I believe you are taking the right steps to justify what has happened - but you can't beat yourself up too hard. Just focus on the future now and creating positive content that your viewers can trust. Keep on keeping on, man!
Thanks for the reply! Definitely creating some new and revised goals for the blog and follow through with them!