Life’s complexity can feel overwhelming when leadership demands clash with personal well-being. The weight you’re carrying is real—the endless obligations, the sacrifice of precious time with family, even the physical toll manifesting in your own body.

Yet your question itself reveals something vital: you’re still asking if it’s worth it, still seeking meaning in the struggle. That search matters. Perhaps coping isn’t about remaining endlessly positive, but about finding moments of genuine purpose amid the chaos.

Here’s the truth: we must keep going, staying true to our cause. Those who challenge and push back for no reason other than obstinacy reveal themselves more than they realise – their opposition becomes transparent, almost predictable; it is in fact so predictable it is amusing. The world may feel mad, but your awareness of these tensions shows you haven’t lost your compass.

Leadership’s value isn’t measured in what it costs, but in whether those costs serve something you truly believe in.

Keep doing what you know to be right. Rise above the snakes and keep smiling. It’s true when one says, “it’s the others”.