the marathon of a lifetime
today i got an email that i have been thinking about for ten years, that i never dared to expect, that i didn't even dare to dream of getting. i've been working on a project since 2016. it has been ten years of non-stop work. and it has finally come to an end: the project has been validated by the most important "validator" there is in my work.
sorbier The marathon of a lifetime 13 Apr 2026 [ personal ] Today I got an email that I have been thinking about for ten years, that I never dared to expect, that I didn't even dare to dream of getting. I've been working on a project since 2016. It has been ten years of non-stop work. And it has finally come to an end: the project has been validated by the most important "validator" there is in my work. (I'm being vague for anonymity... but it's like an artist shopping around an album demo finally getting signed.) I can't believe it. I'm so relieved. I'm so happy. I want to throw up. It's been
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