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Founder's Diary
I was talking to Verb Kulture a w hile ago. She's a poet/entreprenuer/host/whateve r you need done type of person. A creative. I guess I co uld've said that in the beginning. But anyways, we were talking about giving up. And how sometimes, it's hard to keep going. It's you doing this and that. It's knowing that if you stop, it all falls apart. That's pressure. But, on ce you start building. Once you start going un der construction, people see you putting in work. Th ey see what you're building and when they drive by -- when they walk past, they say, "man, I can't wait to see what that turns into." They're expected you to co mplete it. They're looking for it to be completed. To keep going.
As much as we both wanted to ta p out, we understood that we're not doing this for ours elves anymore. The people expect it. The people wan t to see it. So, we keep building. Pushing through the gr it and grind to get it done. To all the other creatives ou t there. The businessstarters. The go-getters. The build ers. Keep pushing. Keep building, brick after brick. Because nobody else is going to build what you've star ted. And nobody else is supposed to. It's yours. If you st op, you'll just come back to it later and see how muc h time you've wasted by walking away in the first plac e. If that passion is in you, it's God-given and it's not le aving until you get it done. Keep pushing. And enjoy th e issue. Has it almost been two years already? Wow. Ti me flies.
Tyran Saffold Jr