Pencils down

We don’t understand our own life as it happens. We don’t know who we are or what we mean to other people.

Doug Smith
Nov 2 · 8 min read

The fast-moving, fast-growing company where I work comes to a halt between Christmas and New Year’s. Nearly everyone has vacation time to use, and we all stop working just before Christmas Eve. Pencils down. During the rest of the year, two weeks is the cost of one…

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