@adley: I’m exhausted from trying to enjoy the life I built. Two weeks of traveling. Seeing friends. Launching things I only dreamed about three years ago. And my brain is somewhere else entirely. I’m sitting across from my husband, someone I love, someone I’d burn it all down for, and I still can’t be fully present. Because sometimes the life you prayed for is still exhausting. Some days I don’t want to be disciplined. But building something real costs something real. I chose this. I’d choose it again and again. That doesn’t mean I have to pretend it isn’t heavy. More people need to talk about this side of entrepreneurship without dressing it up.