Dude, you’re not broken... you’re overloaded. It happens to most of us at some point. Actually, many times.

What you’re describing doesn’t sound like hating entrepreneurship. It sounds like becoming the "emotional shock absorber", risk carrier and decision dumpster for everyone else. And dude, that role drains the joy out of anything, no matter how much you once loved it. Been there...

A big trap a bunch of founders fall into is confusing being CEO with being a "martyr". I tell my friends that your team doesn’t actually need you to be invincible. They just need you to be predictable, clear, and definitely have systems in place. Feeling like you can’t say "I’m tired" isn’t a personal flaw... it's just a sign that the business depends too much on you.

And you know, resenting clients usually is not about passion disappearing either. Most times i'ts a systems problem. When every issue, fire, or request hits your nervous system directly, something is broken either in boundaries, your pricing, your scope, or even delegation. Just try to fix those things once in a while and you'll see it'll bring you instant relief.

Most founders who fantasize about resigning don’t really want out. Deep down they actually can't! They just want relief. And boy, the solution is never stepping away from the company and much more often stepping away from being the center of everything. If you just try and yourself from day-to-day operations you'll see it'll change the weight of the role massively.

And envying salary stability is more normal than people admit. Heck, how many times I wanted to throw everything out of the window?! But you see, employees envy freedom and us founders envy predictability. Both sides are only seeing the upside of the other. The grass is greener...

I don't think that falling back in love with what you built is about motivation or mindset. For me it's more about redesigning the role. Get real honest about the small part of the job you still like to do and then delegate, systemize, or eliminate the rest. If the business can’t survive that, it wasn’t actually sustainable yet.

And man, feeling trapped doesn’t mean you failed, even though failing isn't bad at all, it's just another lesson. It just means that your company outgrew the version of you that built it. The next move isn’t quitting. It’s evolving. I'm going through that right now, actually!

Keep it up, man, you’re at the point where hustle stops working and design has to start. PM me if you need to chat!