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Preslav Rachev's avatar

I found your post in my Murmel (https://murmel.social) digest and it quite resonated with me.

Like you, I was on the verge of burnout somewhere around the end of 2020. I quit my job, not knowing exactly what I am going to do, but sure of one thing - I wanted to set my own framework for doing things. About a year ago, an old friend of mine and I started drafting ideas about things we could possibly build together, which is how Murmel was born. While we are (still) far from the successful hyper-growth Silicon Valley startups, we also operate on 1/1000 of their founders' stress levels.

It's important to find a way to do what you like. Maybe you won't be the next Google, building a sustainable business out of an idea you enjoy gives you a lot more flexibility to be something other than just a working horse - a friend, a parent, or a kid of your parents.

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Linus's avatar

Thanks Preslav! Murmel seems super interesting. I completely agree that we're just trying to figure out our own framework for doing things. That's kind of the human identity isn't it?

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Gian's avatar

Have a look at the feedback on HackerNews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30980893

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Linus's avatar

I appreciate your comment. I'm super grateful for everyone's comments on a blogpost that I thought was just being thrown into the void.

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Linus's avatar

Thank you for the feedback! I'll make that change right now.

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