On the walk home from lunch, Will and I passed through the Marché Casse-Noisette, a Christmas market where local artists and entrepreneurs sell their work, and I was pleasantly surprised to bump into Claudia from Bijoutia who was a figure in Startical 1.0!
She shared with us a personal story about the inability to turn off one's creative drive as an artist, and how she overcame this through meditation. Curiously, she said that those closest to her showed concern for her when she was able to turn off temporarily, because they did not recognise her in that state!
I think it is very much the same for startup entrepreneurs: it is often difficult to turn "off", and even if we are willing and able to do so occasionally, how might we be perceived by those around us? Since Startical 1.0 I've been more comfortable allowing myself to turn off for up to a day or two when I feel it is essential for my well-being. But I must admit that my greatest concern remains how others might perceive me when I'm not "on". That is surely why I only ever allow myself to switch "off" when I'm in isolation.
Was very happy to purchase a lovely Christmas ornament made of recycled circuit boards from Claudia. And to learn that the tradition of collecting an ornament each year that my Mum passed on to my sister and I was also a tradition that Claudia shared with her own children.
She shared with us a personal story about the inability to turn off one's creative drive as an artist, and how she overcame this through meditation. Curiously, she said that those closest to her showed concern for her when she was able to turn off temporarily, because they did not recognise her in that state!
I think it is very much the same for startup entrepreneurs: it is often difficult to turn "off", and even if we are willing and able to do so occasionally, how might we be perceived by those around us? Since Startical 1.0 I've been more comfortable allowing myself to turn off for up to a day or two when I feel it is essential for my well-being. But I must admit that my greatest concern remains how others might perceive me when I'm not "on". That is surely why I only ever allow myself to switch "off" when I'm in isolation.
Was very happy to purchase a lovely Christmas ornament made of recycled circuit boards from Claudia. And to learn that the tradition of collecting an ornament each year that my Mum passed on to my sister and I was also a tradition that Claudia shared with her own children.