running on fumes #startuplife

It's possible to feel so exhausted and yet so energized to take on the world, at the same exact time.  We can vouch for that - the entire team.  Cranking away - line by line, email by email, human by human, gift by gift, image by image, ...  it's a marathon, after all.  That's a photo of me and my cofounder, Christie Gettler, by the way.  :)  

That's one of the lessons that Jonathan Sposato gave to me early on - that this is a marathon and that we have to pace ourselves.  You want to work hard, yes.  You also want to be mindful of where your burnout zone is - and how far you are from imploding before everyone's eyes from just pure insane exhaustion.  For me, I can feel "it" beneath my skin when I get close.  I'll actually call it out loudly and verbally to another witness as a way to monitor myself to take a breather.  It's like that daily now.  Today, we went for tater tots and burgers.  Yesterday, after we had our pitch night with investors, I drank 3 big glasses of wine and ate a big bowl of white rice with kimchi.  It was amazing.

Today, I might hit up that piano again and throw it up on Periscope (@ArryinSeattle).  

GiftStarter is looking amazing every day - we are just SO EXCITED to share with you our progress.  More launching soon.

xo,
Arry