I had a small business in Germany which I never managed to get off the ground and turned a loss three years in a row. And every year I would do a tax return sa

I had a small business in Germany which I never managed to get off the ground and turned a loss three years in a row. And every year I would do a tax return saying “hey, this is what I spent, this is what I earned” and every year they would give back to me about a quarter of what I was in the negative with. I always saw this as a “hey we’re in it together, thanks for trying” and motivated me to try harder or try again