When You Do Everything Right... and Things Still Break

There’s a version of Bitachon that works great
as long as nothing goes wrong.

And then there’s the version you need
when something actually breaks.

I want to tell you a story from early on in my content journey — not because it’s dramatic, but because it exposed the exact moment where Bitachon stops being an idea and becomes a practice.

When You Do Everything Right… and Things Still Break

The Setup (Everything Was “Working”)

When I first transitioned into content creation, I built an email course called the 7-Day Elul Sprint.

It was simple on the outside.
But I put real work into it.

Daily emails.
Stories.
Practical tools.
A flow that actually made sense.

I was proud of it.

I set it up on an email platform where people could sign up and receive one email per day leading into the Yamim Noraim — which made it time-sensitive by definition.

I launched it.
Started promoting it.
People were signing up.

Then, at some point, I went to log in to check something.

And I couldn’t get into my account.

Instead, I saw a message that stopped me cold:

Your account has been locked due to violations.

When people tried to sign up, they were told my account didn’t exist.

Which meant:

I couldn’t promote the course

People ready to join were hitting a dead end

And the entire thing was happening with only a short window for the course

Perfect timing.

The Moment Everything Tightens

This is the moment I want to slow down.

Because right here, there are two very different paths.

Path one:
Panic.
Anger.
Spiraling thoughts.
“What did I do wrong?”
“This can’t be happening now.”
“This is going to ruin everything.”

Path two:
Pause.

I won’t pretend the first reaction didn’t show up.
It did.

But instead of running with it, I stepped back.
I took a breath.
And I said something very deliberately:

Hashem is in charge of this.
The course.
The timing.
My parnassah.
The results.
Even this account being locked.

This isn’t random.
This is a test.

Once I named it as a test, everything changed.

Hishtadlut Without Panic

So I did my part.

I emailed support.

Here’s the exact message I sent:

After I submitted the ticket, I got an automated response:

24–48 hours for a reply.

That pushed me again.

But instead of tightening, I said:

“Hashem, it’s all on You.”

And then I stopped refreshing.
Stopped rehearsing.
Stopped trying to mentally force an outcome.

I stayed in my lane.

The Part You Can’t Control (and Don’t Need To)

A few hours later, I got this response:

It was a false flag.

When I asked, they told me they couldn’t disclose what triggered it.

Now here’s the key part:

There’s one more layer to this story that matters.

This happened right after I made a decision that honestly scared me.

I had just decided to shift my work away from business and into Torah.

Not because it was comfortable or strategic — but because I kept getting nudged in that direction until I couldn’t ignore it anymore.

It felt clear… and also terrifying.

Why This Was the Real Test

This wasn’t just a technical annoyance.

This course was about preparing for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
It mattered.
It was aligned.
And the timing actually counted.

Which means the test wasn’t:

“Can you stay calm when nothing important is on the line?”

The test was:

Can you stay in Bitachon when something meaningful is unresolved?

This Is the Practice Most People Skip

Two weeks ago we talked about the belief:
“It’s all on me.”

And last week we talked about where it hides — your to-do list.

But there’s one more layer.

The hardest part isn’t letting go after things resolve.
It’s letting go while they’re unresolved.

While the account is still locked.
While the email hasn’t come back.
While the outcome is genuinely unclear.

That’s where most people fall back into control.

Not because they’re bad at Bitachon.
But because no one taught them how to stay in their lane during the wait.

The Actual Practice (This Is the Part to Keep)

Here’s what I ran internally in that moment — and what I still use now:

• Name it as a test
  Not a punishment. Not a failure. A test.

• Do one clean act of hishtadlut
  Then stop adding emotional suffering.

• Say explicitly:
  “Hashem, You’re running this now.”

• Refuse to rehearse disaster
  No mental court cases. No imaginary futures.

• Return to the present moment
  Do what’s in front of you. Nothing extra.

This isn’t passivity.
It’s discipline.

It’s effort without ownership of outcomes.

Why This Matters More Than Any Reset

Anyone can do a 30-second reset when life is manageable.

But this is the muscle that determines whether Bitachon becomes your default — or just something you remember when things are calm.

If you felt yourself in this story,
if you know that tightening feeling when something important is out of your hands,

that’s exactly what Unshakable is built for.

Not motivation.
Not slogans.
Training.

Short, repeatable practices for the moments when life doesn’t wait for you to feel ready.

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One Last Question

(And I read every reply.)

Where in your life is something unresolved right now
that you’re trying to mentally carry?

Just name it.
One sentence is enough.

Hashem’s got you — even in the waiting.

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Hashem’s got you,
Amir