Peaks and valleys

One of the harder mental parts of my job (and almost any startup) is that there’s a lot of peaks and valleys.

One week I can feel like everything is working well for me. I’m productive, I’m getting stuff done, and I’m recording a lot of wins. The next week everything can flip quickly. I feel overwhelmed and exhausted, and I take a lot of losses. In these “valley” times, it feels like nothing is going our way.

May felt like one of those valley times. I dealt with a lot of stress during my move and then on the work front, it seemed like nothing is going our way.

I can only imagine that this is what a professional baseball player goes through. Everyone goes through hot streaks where they are absolutely raking as a batter, and then cold streaks where they can’t seem to get a hit to save their life.

This is life and also the job that I signed up for so I’m not complaining. But when we’re in these valleys, life is tough. The beauty behind all of this is that the peaks can be just around the corner though.