- Ask yourself this question: what are you not willing to ACCEPT?
- the failure or the potential failures?
- the unavoidable death years down the road?
- the possibility of no one would remember your name after years?
- the loss of someone you love?
- the farewell to your happy and simple dink (double income no kids) lifestyle after having a new baby?
- the “perfectly healthy” yourself after a failed medical surgery? Or, the “wrong” decision that you made to do the surgery in the first place?
- the let go of pride and glory that associated with your old role in your expertise domain after you decided to develop in a totally new domain?
- …
- Admit the fact that you’re struggling and share it with your friends
- Accept the reality as soon as possible
- Talk about it, don’t feel ashamed, what you feel like awkward or weird is so common because many others experienced exactly the same before
- The more open you talk about it, the less power it would gain to torture you
- Time cures all
- If winter comes, will spring be far behind?
- No matter how long and dark the tunnel looks like, in the end, there is always a light waiting for you