Mental strength

These next few weeks and months are going to require a lot of mental strength to get through. The trade war news and market volatility is admittedly taking a toll on me right now. This isn’t a fun time for anyone in finance right now. CEOs and companies are taking a lot of action and changing 2025 plans. IPOs are likely to be on pause for now.

I don’t have any control of the markets, but the markets always have an impact on us given the nature of our business. It’s a stressful time and everyone I talk to in the industry feels the same way.

I know what I need to do in the next few weeks/months. And that’s to dig in, keep my head down, and work hard. Positivity is going to go a long way for me and staying out of the negative news cycles is step one. Of course that’s a lot easier said than done as I want to scream into a pillow right now.

At this point, I’m trying to remind myself that everything will be fine and this is a long journey of a lot of ups and downs. Hopefully I’ll be able to look back at this period and be glad that I went through it. And also hopefully there’ll be a lot more ups than downs in the future.