I couldn't help but selfishly compare to founding a startup while reading this. I've been working on my startup for 6 months and have hard days. I can't imagine

I couldn't help but selfishly compare to founding a startup while reading this. I've been working on my startup for 6 months and have hard days. I can't imagine how throwing away 5 years of work would feel. To me the struggle holds true anytime you are creating something. A novel, a song, an application. I wouldn't say coding is a struggle. Nor writing. But building an application or writing a story—those are challenging. Reminded me of this post too: When you want to quit because it's just not worth it http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2271405 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2271405