The sun is still shining

I had an amazing weekend in Amsterdam with a bunch of people from the team. The weather even decided to cooperate. There may not be a more amazing city in the world on a sunny weekend day. It’s almost if the weather didn’t get the memo from the markets that it’s all supposed to be doom and gloom.

One of the best parts about my weekend was that I didn’t open the laptop or check my email once from Friday evening until Monday morning. I desperately needed a break from the difficulties of the world. I think most people do.

Weekends like these are a great reminder that no matter how much it seems like things around us are burning down, we all have to realize that everything is going to be okay. The markets will come back. Things will stabilize. It won’t always be bad news.

Secfi is on our company trip in Iceland starting tomorrow. The trip couldn’t have come at a better time. I think we all could use some time to focus on building relationships internally within the company while blocking out the outside noise.

It’ll be a great reminder of all the awesome parts about building a startup. During these periods of tough times, we all could use a reminder.