[aerovistae]

Hey man, Elon Musk's rocket blew up today. Even the best of us don't succeed every time. Just think carefully about your possible courses of action and try planning out different routes in your head ("If I worked in city X for a year doing Y, I could save Z, and then in my free time I could...", "If I went straight on to this startup then I could...", "If I went to work at this cool startup I know in a field I'm interested in, then....") and see which one makes the most sense to you.

I know this is cliché stuff but remember Thomas Edison's 1000 ways not to make a lightbulb, and JK Rowling getting rejected from a dozen publishers, and Elon Musk nearly going bankrupt in 2008, and that Abraham Lincoln didn't do anything particularly notable whatsoever prior to turning 52.

[keithwhor]

"Hey man, Elon Musk's rocket blew up today. Even the best of us don't succeed every time."

This is a fantastic quote. A (literal) moonshot failed, and that's not stopping anybody. Cheers for the perspective. I think it's easy to get trapped in our own little bubbles and forget the bigger picture.

[panjaro]

" I think it's easy to get trapped in our own little bubbles and forget the bigger picture. " - A major modern epidemic

[blinduck]

Thank you for this. Although it's a pretty shitty feeling right now, I'll probably look back fondly at this experience in 10 years.

[spike021]

Great examples. The one I pretty much live by right now is Thomas Edison's. You may fail once, twice, or even more times. But if you really want to succeed and have the willpower to keep at it, you eventually will get there.