Yes, definitely. One piece of advice I can give from experience: After you've left your first startup behind you, take a break. Mine was only a month, but it

Yes, definitely. One piece of advice I can give from experience: After you've left your first startup behind you, take a break. Mine was only a month, but it was the most productive, thoughtful, and interesting month ever. I came up with new ideas about business, people, philosophy, and the world, and just had some of the best and most clear thinking I had had in many years. I processed my former mistakes and turned them into valuable lessons that I will remember forever. I had tons of new ideas and started writing them down. I went skiing a lot. That month has proved immeasurably valuable. It's amazing what your brain can do when it has space, and you need to let it have that space, especially after such a long time being focused on one thing. My explicit recommendation to the OP: leave it all behind for as long as you are able (a week, 2 weeks, a month), travel, and bring a journal. And remember—you'll have a new perspective on all of this in a year's time. Try to keep that 1 year/5 year/10 year outlook and just take the next step. Don't worry, it's just life.