The Long Walk

It is now two years ago that during a day trip E and I had a conversation about my wellbeing in which I broke down in tears and we came to the conclusion there and then that I was burnt out. A good moment to take stock of where I am at. What came before In the spring of 2024 I sought out the help of a psychologist, which was very useful to see what I can do myself to rebalance. In parallel it became clear what the root cause was, and that it was external. My friend and business partner Frank fell ill, and in hindsight I had been carrying a lot of weight to fill his gap for a long time already, since mid 2022. His condition required most of my and my team’s attention and only after his passing last September did I get around to working on my own recovery. Nominally I stopped working last September, or at least that was what I and my company communicated. That meant I needed to hand over internal tasks, which took a long time. When we started the company in 2011, and there was just the…