04/08/2026
I don't think we talk enough about what it means to steward a place, however impermanently. It's not just land, it's the dozens of places throughout our lives that we have the opportunity to make better.
I have always borne a great burden of responsibility on my shoulders, holding myself to the highest standards morally and professionally. I failed my own tests repeatedly, but this I did right: I helped create beautiful things out of nothing over and over again.
As I prepare to give away the Wine Cubby at the end of this month, I keep returning to what an enormous opportunity it has been to be the steward of this space. What a gift it is to give it to someone new, not having to wrestle all the challenges that it took to dream it into existence, that they may have the kind of chances for success that were not possible for me. Walking away without bitterness. This is what entrepreneurship is really about: creating something, walking astride it for the time that feels right, then exiting gracefully like a whisper, having laid the foundation for someone else's future that you will never be a part of.
