31/01/2026
January was a big month for Proprium!
From the outside, it might look like things happened fast. They didn’t. Almost everything here was months, and some of it years, in the making.
This month we:
- Hired a full-time team member after a collaboration that started as a student role (this one means a lot because it shows students there’s real growth here). Welcome Judita!
- Continued the podcast with new episodes, better branding, and our first sponsorships
- Launched two live shows, in English (Platforms & Processes) and Croatian (Platforme i procesi), with real conversations and real audience connection. Two episodes (4 in total) done!
- Officially introduced our digital products after building them behind the scenes for a long time
- Were part of the Eduza Akademija launch
- Were a sponsor at the Eduza Unplugged event, which felt very full-circle
- Prepared our two communities PDN (Proprium Digital Network) and DBH (Digitalni biznis hub) for the February launch. Coming soon!
- Started working with new collaborators and welcomed new clients
- Pushed forward internal projects that will become very visible soon
Every single one of these has a backstory I could write pages about. None of them just “happened.” None of them are random. None of them are luck.
I also turned 34 this month. Some of what became visible now started when I was 26. At that time, I was constantly questioning myself. Wondering if anyone would ever take me seriously. If I were too young, too inexperienced, too early. Wondering if I was building something real or just trying very hard.
Back then, the months felt slow, quiet, uncertain. I remember doing a lot, learning a lot, trying a lot, and still feeling like nothing was moving fast enough.
Now I’m in a very strange, very beautiful in-between. I’m not where I ultimately want to be yet. But I am light-years away from where I once feared I might stay.
Over the years there were failed projects, scary pivots, months where cash flow was tight, months where motivation was low, personal life changes that forced me to rebuild everything from scratch, learning new skills, rebuilding confidence, redefining what I even wanted this business to be, and long stretches where the work was happening but the results were invisible to everyone except me.
This month feels like visible proof that none of that was wasted.
This is for the younger version of me who kept going anyway. Who kept documenting. Kept learning. Kept building systems. Kept talking to people. Kept trying new things. Kept believing that if she just stayed curious and consistent long enough, something would eventually connect.
And now it is.
The strongest feeling I have right now is not “we made it.” It’s gratitude, curiosity, hope, and a very calm confidence that we are seeing the compound effect of years of effort.
We are full steam ahead. Hopeful. Curious. Excited about what we’re building and what’s coming next.
I’m writing this down as much for myself as for anyone reading, for the version of me from years ago who sat in those slower months, wondering if I would ever get to the other side of feeling stuck.
You don’t have to be at the top to acknowledge progress. Progress counts. Consistency counts. Staying in the game counts.
If you’re in a phase where it feels like nothing is moving, it probably is. You just can’t see it yet.
More is coming. And we’re still very much in the middle of this.
