zooming out

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past 2 weeks have been crazy. i dont know how solo founders do it.

it’s the hardest i’ve worked in my life so far - no cap. wake at 6-7. come back home 7-9 (once at 1). below 8hrs (and often 6) of sleep multiple days.

hard on the body - waterfighting, driving, some manual labour. lots of admin and legal and super unsexy unblocking work.

discomfort and unease and simply friction. bommasandra in blr in boiling summer and torrential thunderstorm in 2024 - not a vibe. terrible roads. dust. heat and sweat. damp and wet. flooding, fried electricity and power cuts. mid food.

putting on the shoes truly as a manager and leader. working on frontier science. going from itamar and me in jan to 20 full time and intern humans. going from sensor fusion to behavioural ml vision to eeg neuroscience to indian clinical regulations to GC-MS chemistry to ups circuitry.

stepping back.

trying to remember to look ahead - towards the horizon.

what is this all for.

where is the north star.

what cannot be sacrificed.

joy.

play.

food.

love.

tenderness.

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