5 months ago, our latest project looked like it was starting to fall apart because of things outside our control.
I was crushed.
We had just made a major pivot with conviction and poured an incredible amount of time and energy into bringing it to life.
The OTC system itself wasnโt the problem. In many ways, we had designed something few had touched or even imagined.
But it had dependencies.
And when some of those dependencies started breaking down, I knew what came next.
Going back to our community, again, and telling them we had hit another snag.
I remember the pit in my stomach.
Can things just go smoothly for once?
Then, in the middle of all that uncertainty, an idea from 2020 flashed back into my mind.
I barely gave it attention at first.
Then I thought:
What do we have to lose?
Letโs just build a prototype.
Fast forward to todayโฆ
And Iโm genuinely grateful for the trials that brought us here.
That little spark has turned into working on the ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐, something we believe can help a lot of people get moving through play.
What started as an idea we almost ignored is beginning to snowball into a moovment of its own.
And I keep thinking about how strange that is.
The things that felt like setbacks were redirecting us toward the work we were supposed to be doing.
If some of those doors hadnโt closedโฆ
If some of those NOs hadnโt happenedโฆ
We wouldnโt be here.
And today, Iโm grateful they did. ๐