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I've struggled with trying to make a success of my company too and my family is far away and I've had thoughts similar to yours. But I always came back to the

I've struggled with trying to make a success of my company too and my family is far away and I've had thoughts similar to yours. But I always came back to the fact that I can always do something different. I can drop everything and go back to where I grew up and just take an ordinary job. Remember that there is nothing more important than your life and desire to succeed at a startup or in corporate America or anything else is just conditioning and not necessarily important at all. Personally, I took a contract job recently where I can only work 8 hours a day. Its great to hang it up at the end of the day like a normal person. There's nothing wrong with taking a break from struggling with a startup. Things will come together later. Its not supposed to be so hard anyway. There's a difference between intense creative collaboration and solitary unhappy struggle. I truly hope this helps.

Damnit 16y ago
Remember that there is nothing more important than your life and desire to succeed at a startup or in corporate America or anything else is just conditioning and not necessarily important at all. That's something I cannot come to terms with. I really want to succeed. I know I can succeed if I just became disciplined and focused.
- stretchwithme 16y ago
  Not sure of the situation but for me nothing focuses me more than having a real customer and/or collaborator to whom I've made real commitments to. When I've worked on my own, its real easy to get distracted and rationalize putting things off. I'd be lucky to get in a full eight hours. But working with others, I found myself working many hours beyond even the time we spent directly collaborating. Because I had to deliver on my commitments. I think many people need that.