You care too much about the end game and have stopped paying attention to the day-to-day wins that will bring you the small joys that will keep you motivated.
Go ahead and manifest that VP of Sales role or that unicorn startup that you'll be the co-founder of...but don't lose sight of the fact that you have a job to do today that will inch you closer to your manifest destiny.
You can whine, you can bitch, you can drink, and you can snort to ease the pain...but all of those things are only masking the fact that you chose a profession that is soul-crushing at times. However, the upside ($$$) to what we do is what makes it possible for us to eat avocado toast at 25, buy houses at 35, and even a Porsche at 40. But...you'll get none of that if all you do is whine about the temporary discomfort of cold calls, ghosted meetings, and shitty AEs that treat you like dirt.
So, here's the caffeinated truth: Stop complaining about minor bullshit, celebrate the daily wins, and take solace in the fact that we have all gone through the muddy trench that you're living in now.
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