The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow.

The clock is about to strike five on a typical work evening. I sit staring at my computer screen, my hands idle over the keyboard. My headphones are plugged in and one ear-pod dangles loosely from my neck. The other sits cradled in my ear but no music comes out of it.
My co-founder sits across from me. He is hunched over his laptop, the tip of his nose touching the screen as he makes the latest set of edits to a flyer he is creating for an event tomorrow. Our desk is strewn with empty water bottles, charging cords, a half-eaten bowl of fruits and a sheaf of paper with notes from various meetings.
It’s been nearly 3 years since we started this journey, and today is one of those rare times during these 3 years that I feel burned out. One of those rare instances where I feel a total lack of motivation and enthusiasm. One of those rare days where I want to call it a day, go home, curl up under my blanket and just play video games or read a book. One of those days where I feel like a little child, desperate for reassurance, wanting to climb onto my father’s lap and hear him say “it’s all going to be ok”.
Suddenly, I hear a loud guffaw emanate from the room outside. Someone in our team just cracked a joke and I hear the laughter spread across the room. Someone else shouts out a riposte bringing about another tide of laughter. The sound of their laughter is infectious. For a moment I forget the things that have been worrying me and smile.
I smile, thinking about the journey. The brother-like bond I have made with my co-founder, Saksham Karwal. The team sitting outside who are like my second family. The people I have met. And the experiences I have been through together with Saksham and the team — from moving cities, to staying overnight in a dirty hostel room with just a bucket to use as a toilet, to spending all of new years eve trying to finish our app design, to meeting business legends, to rushing back to work at nearly midnight on the day my daughter was born, to spending nearly 3 months working remotely from Hong Kong.
I don’t know whether the hard work, endless hours and sleepless nights spent over the last 3 years will bring about the reward or success that we aimed for when starting out. But still, my mood lightens. The journey and the experiences themselves have been rewarding irrespective of what the destination brings.
And no, I don’t suddenly get my motivation back. I don’t suddenly feel like I can conquer the world. But I do know that no matter what and no matter how down I feel right now, the sun is going to set soon, bringing about an end to today. The sun will rise again tomorrow and with it will come a new day, a new beginning and a chance to continue on this journey with a refreshed mind.
To tomorrow.
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