Today was really hard
I listened, spoke, and wrote
There wasn’t any one thing that made it hard
It was just a lot of stuff that stacked up
I wondered if my teammates felt the same
Like me, pushing through the difficulty
Doing their absolute best
And wondering if they were falling short
Sometimes I wonder if I’m good enough for my job
If I deserve the trust that people place in me
I wake up every day with deep humility
Knowing the answers I have are probably not good enough
If we don’t do the right thing
If we become lazy and don’t persist with difficult adjustments
Towards the thing that actually matters to the customer
We’re dead
Our little software startup shifts so fast
And so do our projects
You almost finish one thing and pivot to a new thing
You learn to say goodbye to the thing you thought was the thing
So yeah this startup stuff is really hard
Please accept a big hug from me
You are smart enough and you are brave for being here
We are not dead
Because we are curious
And we make the difficult adjustments
We deconstruct
And re-construct our ideas
And this process creates an incredible artifact
For me, by far the most interesting thing I’ve ever done
To manifest something that never existed before
To witness is an incredible gift
Accepting your hug (thank you) and sending one back your way. 🫂