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Anna Reich's avatar

I love this series so much! I had the secret dream of becoming a full-time youtuber for a while until I took a 6-month sabbatical and tried it out. I realized it doesn't fulfill me enough to be my main thing. I still love it as a side thing and now I feel a lot more satisfied with how much time I have to put towards it. Before that, I was always frustrated with not having more time for making videos.

Now, I wonder if sometimes we even know deep down that our dreams aren't what we really want but we don't have a better idea yet, so we are scared to challenge it by trying it out, at which point we would be forced to face the fact that we have no idea what to do with our lives. I think that might have been true for me. But since I have tried that and realized that destroying your dreams is not that bad (it was actually exciting to think up and try out some new ideas), I have less fears around just trying things out on a small scale or on the side or for a limited time - and at least it gets me closer to finding my path every time.

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Ben Kellie's avatar

Excellent post. I think you hit all the major pieces. I am at the end of a two year sabbatical after selling a company, and at the precipice of jumping back in. This really crystallizes many of the issues foremost in my mind such as the “perfect day” that I’ve built up over two years off, and the focus on process required (boundaries and means) that would entice me to return to the world of startup building in a saner way.

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