I am sitting in the Jeep, listening to Audioslave radio on Pandora and waiting to meet a buddy for lunch.

I am here a bit early and that is just enough time to at least start this post. Yes, I’m doing this from my phone so who knows how this will turn out.

I got a call yesterday from my old boss. He is saying that he thinks he will have to close down that business. I have still been helping him out since I left (which has been over a year). There was always this dream/ vision of him selling the company and that I would then run the new company. Never panned out…

It is a very weird feeling to hear that it might close. I knew it was a possibility which is why I left but to hear the words; it feels more real.

One thing that is also tough is that the products that I built will also be ‘lost’… we built some cool applications while I was there; they made over $1M. That’s a lot. That’s pretty neat.

It was a lot of nights and weekends to get those applications built. I was working with offshore development teams so we had routine meetings in the middle of the night bc of the time difference. I don’t want those things to go away.

That’s probably why I stayed there for so long. I felt personally attached to things I built and also probably some sunken coat fallacy, as well; I’ve been here this long so I might as well stay to see if… blah, blah, blah.

I am both saddened and relieved. Sad about it coming to an end but also relieved that it will be over. It has been a lot of high stress meetings and presentations and trying to force this business somewhere that it wasn’t destined for. It’s hard when you’re pushing something uphill.

Back to lunch…

My buddy is telling me about how he is almost done buying this business and he is explaining how he is going about it and what his plan is for the business and the real estate, etc. It was a great time to just listen to him. He has spent so much time and energy in this initiative and his plan is just well thought out and makes sense and seems very realistic and possible.

I am really proud of him. I told him.

I think we all have people in our life that talk about doing various things. Then there is a very small subset of them that actually do anything. And at the tip of that iceberg, there are even fewer, that do it extremely well. I am lucky to know him.

It was a great conversation as we talked about his vision for the future and how he might achieve it. It was refreshing to talk about big ideas and approaches and strategy.

Even in this pandemic, things are still moving forward. You might not see them but people are starting businesses, closing businesses. Some businesses are thriving. Some relationships are thriving. Some are not.

It is just so easy to get wrapped up in all this negativity. It is nice to spend time with people that are making things happen.

What things do you need to make happen?

– Nate