After the last few months, this week has been calm. That even includes my six-hour drive yesterday in an attempt to beat some of the holiday traffic going into the Thanksgiving weekend. The attempt was not as successful as I’d hoped, but my walk this morning was down to the pier, past the lighthouse, and through the live oaks instead of on the city streets in my Raleigh neighborhood.

On a broader level, this is a time of anticipation and building. There are a lot of things in development but none have yet borne fruit. I’ve had to force myself to zoom out and contemplate things on a timescale of months and quarters instead of days and weeks, and this has been frustrating given the rapid growth the business through most of this year. I’m sure many of you will have experienced similar times in your own lives. Now to keep my head down and keep moving forward through the rest of this period.