I just gave this talk at WordCamp OC and was surprised by the response to it so I figured I might try to give it again.
I talk about stress, anxiety and self-doubt that I personally and many freelancers, business owners and everyone can feel in our Open Source community. We are harsh on ourselves when we don’t kill it like Pippin, or build a world-renown agency like 10up within our first few years of opening our doors. I talk about my journey, the mental toll it’s taken and how I’ve tried to cope.
I don’t have the answers, but I know it’s something we should be talking about more, yet so few of us do.