In my experience along the way, most advice is bad advice. It is biased, general, and full of logical fallacies.

But it is also incredibly, wonderfully, unbelievably useful because it can lead to self-correcting starting points. Want to go to Paris? Well I can point you to Timbuktu, which is a start. Importantly, if you make it all the way to Timbuktu, having ignored the numerous signposts and turnoffs along the way, that’s your own fault.

If you are stuck and seeking advice, remember this:

• The advice you are getting is almost certainly bad but just might contain a great starting point (this applies here too).
• Has your advisor made it to the destination themselves? If not, how far did they get (how many wrong turns did they explore)?
• If you are being advised to run a mile, can you go ten feet down that road to simply see what happens?
• What would those ten feet look like if the advice were true and good? Be optimistic yet skeptical. 
• If you’re asking for advice because you know what to do but are scared to do it, then you don’t need advice, you need an ally or a friend.

Talk to someone. Move your feet. Make a start and find the signposts on the way.

It’s called an adventure.