There wasn’t one clear moment. There were a few. A few heavy days, when it all started to pile up. Budgeting problems, unclear business decisions, projects stuck in limbo, people back in Croatia waiting on answers. Health issues started creeping in, nothing massive, but just enough to mess with clear thinking. And if you can’t think clearly, you can’t lead. Not in business, not in life.That was the first serious time I started thinking - Should I just leave? Should I go home? But then came the pride and the stubbornness. I couldn’t quit, I didn’t want to leave the story unfinished. I needed it to mean something.Or maybe I just wasn’t ready to say "this is enough". Perfectionism has a cost, and sometimes, it takes years to unlearn it.
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