Thank you all for this post. It’s motivating to see how you have struggled and overcome these challenges time and time again. A lesson I have to keep reminding myself of…it doesn’t end, you just get better.

I met my first panic attack after a series of personal and work experiences about a year ago. The stress and anxiety ultimately led me to quit what I considered a dream job at the time.

I’m grateful for this path it set me down though. It forced me to finally take on the challenges of my mental health and entrepreneurship.

However, now as a solo founder, I find myself in an infinite loop of stressing over all the things, jumping between them despite having set priorities and then finishing the week with a bunch of partially done work. Only to repeat the cycle the next week.

Coming from a decade of working for others, I’ve been privileged to just swivel my chair and ask/request/assign. So the “unlearning” process has also been somewhat of a struggle. I’ll get myself to the point where I would have handed things to the expert, and then get stuck.

What systems have you built for yourselves to help you continue making progress despite these challenges?