No one warns you about the time you’ll spend waiting on other people to do their jobs.

Unreturned calls and unanswered emails become the norm. The days stretch into weeks that stretch into months; before you know it it’s been over a year and there’s very little to show of real substance because you’ve set the bar so high.

Deadlines were taken on and one by one you blew past them, each one a notch off your morale. Expectations were set only to have them violated at every turn. And whose fault is that but your own for believing in the best of people? 📝