It’s natural to equate whatever your situation looks like to the overall health of the system you’re in. Whatever job you do, you think it’s vital to the company – and that the company not prioritizing that job means that they company is making bad decisions. If you paint, then if people like your paintings you say that the art community as a whole is thriving and healthy, whereas if your paintings are unpopular you think art has gotten too commercial and nobody respects true creativity anymore.
“What’s the world coming to?” laments the last beeper salesman or video rental store or horse-drawn carriage maker.
You can’t stand against the tide of the world. You can stay in one place, sure. But the tide moves regardless. If you want what the world offers, give the world what it wants. There’s fun stuff to do everywhere. Don’t get so committed to your thing that you’re doing right this second that you let it drown you.
The Opportunity Machine 