@Jared Briggs Welcome to the forums! I love your goals. It can be tough to take the big step to buy your first property. I know I suffered from analysis paralysis for a while, but like Brandon and David say "Real estate can be forgiving." You don't need to get a home run on the first deal. All you need is a single. I have similar goal for reading. I am going to read 52 books this year. I set the goal last year and completed 28 and was extremely proud of that as it is the most I have ever read in my life. I think the blog piece is cool. When you do things for yourself like that and don't worry about others opinions you can be really successful. Can't wait to see the blog. Would love it if you would send me a direct link once you getting it going.
I thought I would share my favorite quote since you did. "Success is an uncommon thing. Therefore it will never be experience by the common man. BE UNCOMMON" Best of luck with all of your goals!