We don't want to be negative nellies, especially under photos of our most perfect little canine princess. But part of our commitment to sharing #BehindTheScenes is being real and not treating our business as some sort of toxicly positive nonsense machine. So here goes: 2026 has been incredibly difficult thus far. We're booked and busy as ever, continuing to work with clients who do amazing work that we're proud to support. Unfortunately, the increased cost of literally everything has stolen much of the joy and ease we'd finally achieved in our business and reverted us to a white-knuckling paycheck-to-paycheck state of regular stress. On top of just trying to survive the heat dome, transphobic, AI-pocalypse, diarrhea lettuce, Commercial bridge trafficocalypse hellscape, this pair of mentally ill, neurodivergent entrepreneurs with chronic health concerns is struggling.
We're not saying this to elicit pity, particularly when we know so many folks are so much worse off under these conditions than we are. We're choosing to be real, admit that shit is hard right now, and let you all know that we see you and we get it. Change is the only constant, and we hold on to hope for better, but sometimes the exhaustion is so exhausting.
We still miss Porter, too. A lot.
