Every creative and interesting person has experienced the feeling that at least some of their big dreams are impossible. And when the current big dream is just surviving, that can be especially challenging.    I share about the emotional side of the ten years when my composition career had an almost 100% rejection rate. And why I'm giving this unusual advice...  It can be healthy to temporarily let go of dreams that are stressing you out!    Crisis Text Line, text HOME to 741741 to reach a volunteer Crisis Counselor on a wide variety of topics Originally episode 61 on The Longer Road podcast (with minor edits) Resources: Like Your Brain community spaceTranscript DocEmail Newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.