Captain’s Log - Progress.

This guy I worked for once would say often, “Let’s not confuse motion with progress.”

That always got me picturing a duck swimming in a pond – all cool, and collected above the water, while his little feet are madly paddling far away from where anyone can see. 

Leanna and I are currently practicing being charming and calm. We have given up frantic and stressed out. We are intentionally minimizing and managing the release of cortisol into our system and working on defusing the fight-or-flight reflex. 

Probably that chocolate cupcake Denice brought me back from the Courtyard isn’t going to be super helpful in this effort. It was quite lovely though. I’ll be napping shortly – forget about madly paddling. 

We’ve been having a blast lately (I can’t say that in front of the team, or they will surely destroy me, I’m sure I’ve put them straight through hell) what with moving us to the new shop, but also moving all of RANGE magazine down from Carson City where it’s been produced for the past 31 years. You should see some of the relics and artifacts that are coming out of these boxes.

This scrappy little team has handled every crazy thing I throw at them with calmness and willingness and I cannot be more grateful for them. 

It's possible what I see as calm and willing is abject resignation, but let’s go with they just see what needs to be done and they get after it. 

We’ve also been blessed with a few new team members who have come in and jumped right on the crazy train, stepping up with just as much vim and vigor and commitment as our original team. 

It’s also really important to acknowledge all of you and thank you for sticking with us and all your support. As we watch the renewals come rolling in, the gratitude just washes over me, and I honestly feel like the luckiest person around. 

Please be sure to join us this Friday, August 8 for our Open House. Swing by any time after 2 p.m. The ribbon cutting is at 5:30. 

So, while we keep pushing and paddling and making progress, we’ll still be right here…

…Keeping you Posted.

Rach