8 years ago I decided that whatever startup I was going to launch would be the last startup I ever did.
I made this decision after launching 8 startups and realizing that creating a company as a "means to an end" was a shitty way for me to live.
I found myself in this constant cycle of being wildly preoccupied by "the next thing." Raising money for my startup was a means to a quicker exit. Killing myself meant I could finish this chapter faster, more successfully.
I had endless justifications for compromising my life because I could always "make it up later."
This time around I decided to change it up.
I asked myself, "What if I picked what I wanted to do for the rest of my life NOW?" So instead of maki...