Funny, I had a very similar experience to the author's with my first child. After hours of inconsolable crying and running on a bare handful of hours of sleep over the last several days, I remember looking at him and thinking "Oh wow, I can totally understand shaking a baby now." Thankfully, I didn't, then or later, but it made me way less judgmental of other parents, and gave me a much better appreciation for the value of sleep. Amazing how much easier things are when you're at least semi well-rested.
The kids have turned out better than my first startup did (thank God for that), but there are some definite similarities between the two, as Jason points out. I can't think of too many other experiences which contain such intense combinations of both positive and negative emotions. And yet, with both, it's almost impossible to imagine choosing not to have the plunge if you had it to do all over again.
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 14.3 ms ] threadThe kids have turned out better than my first startup did (thank God for that), but there are some definite similarities between the two, as Jason points out. I can't think of too many other experiences which contain such intense combinations of both positive and negative emotions. And yet, with both, it's almost impossible to imagine choosing not to have the plunge if you had it to do all over again.