I Almost Quit Being An Entrepreneur — Here’s How I Snapped Out Of It

I’ve been an entrepreneur for a little over five years. Like all other entrepreneurs I’ve had more than a few really bad days when I secretly dreamed of a regular job, a steady paycheck, benefits, and paid vacations. And normally those days would pass, covered up by a new win and the rollercoaster ride would continue as normal.

A couple of months ago the up and down ride changed.

I wasn’t just having a bad day.

I was having a bad week. Which turned into weeks, which turned into a couple of months.

For life of me I couldn’t get excited about anything. In the last quarter of 2017 we had some of our strongest months in sales. My excitement needle didn’t even twitch. Not even a little.

I found myself frozen in a sort of mental paralysis. I knew we had done well in some areas but there were still a mountain of problems to solve and they seemed so big that even trying to take a single step towards solving them was just too much. I was still trying to dig out of the hole. I knew what I should be doing but it’s like I couldn’t get my mind, schedule, and body to move.

I had been riding this fully maxed stressed rollercoaster for so long I discovered that I had become numb. I wasn’t just apathetic… I was…