Back in school, the assignment of summing up your summer activity was an easy one: lots of time to chill and watch countless Criterion movies. That was my definition of fun back then. By the time I started working full time, I had considered summer the most productive time of the year: long daytime, lots of sun, and no distractions (since many people are heading on vacation). However, three months are now behind, and it's time for an objective analysis of what's been done. That's hardly an excuse, but so far, 2022 is unlike any other year I've witnessed. If I were to sum things up in a sentence and drop this post on that, it might look something like this: the summer went terrible, and our team achieved almost nothing impactful – but personally, I'm at least more healthy and got time on my hands. So yeah, positivity vibe mode is on.

Let's dive on a point-by-point basis:

• Our team started the summer with three NFT concepts in mind. Only one (Bilita) was grabbed into the full-on production mode: MVP, key art, the landing page, pitch deck, requests to technical partners (and we even gathered the most important one!), and initial preparation for investor discussions. As of now, we are stuck on a lack of funding and in need of capital to keep building. The market is volatile, and our team is slightly not well known – so it's been challenging to gather investors' attention. But we keep trying.

• We applied Bilita for a few grants where the sums were not particularly head-crushing, and the teams behind foundations were interesting to us. So far, no answers. We also talked with new acquaintances in Georgia about figuring out the marketing plan. That talk is also on pause since the initial budget is dried out.

• Outside of Bilita (that eats up most of our time, to be honest), we updated our website a little bit, making it more relevant to our current interests and goals. It was vital since we're now developing a new department within the studio, which we are presenting to potential clients behind closed doors. Hope to talk about it next month if we'll launch a project or two.

• The other studio founder and I have also attempted to pursue personal side projects: on my side was this whole debacle, and she's been focusing on a wellness-media project. As far as I know, her endeavour looks much more promising than mine.

• In the discussion of quality time, my health has been the only bright side over the last three months. Since everything fell apart in march, the gym became my sole method of letting go of anxiety and fear for my future. It turned out to be a life-changing decision, and I could not be grateful enough. In my late 20s, I feel great, sleep well and get stronger each week. The whole protocol of building the body the right way got me involved even more in health-related content, lectures, and books (perhaps, someday, I'll gladly share my favorites). I'm also learning JS and reading a lot of Franzen. That much I will keep on doing.

To sum things up:

1. I'm glad I finally took my health seriously – that became the most meaningful outcome of summer activity.

2. Work-wise, our team did something, but not enough. I'm highly disappointed in the team and in especially in myself. As for "why so little was done," I explain it to myself in this manner: it's still a long road ahead of us to figure out the right way for a global remote teamwork relationship. In the past three months, it became clear that we need to work exceptionally hard on not tuning in and out across many time zones. And we also lack resources, but that's an entirely different topic.

I'll take a week off to clear my head and find some inspiration to keep on going. We did shit, but I still feel we've done everything we could. Need to work more, need to work harder.

Back in school, the assignment of summing up your summer activity was an easy one: lots of time to chill and watch countless Criterion movies. That was my definition of fun back then. By the time I started working full time, I had considered summer the most productive time of the year: long daytime, lots of sun, and no distractions (since many people are heading on vacation). However, three months are now behind, and it's time for an objective analysis of what's been done. That's hardly an excuse, but so far, 2022 is unlike any other year I've witnessed. If I were to sum things up in a sentence and drop this post on that, it might look something like this: the summer went terrible, and our team achieved almost nothing impactful – but personally, I'm at least more healthy and got time on my hands. So yeah, positivity vibe mode is on.

Let's dive on a point-by-point basis:

• Our team started the summer with three NFT concepts in mind. Only one (Bilita) was grabbed into the full-on production mode: MVP, key art, the landing page, pitch deck, requests to technical partners (and we even gathered the most important one!), and initial preparation for investor discussions. As of now, we are stuck on a lack of funding and in need of capital to keep building. The market is volatile, and our team is slightly not well known – so it's been challenging to gather investors' attention. But we keep trying.

• We applied Bilita for a few grants where the sums were not particularly head-crushing, and the teams behind foundations were interesting to us. So far, no answers. We also talked with new acquaintances in Georgia about figuring out the marketing plan. That talk is also on pause since the initial budget is dried out.

• Outside of Bilita (that eats up most of our time, to be honest), we updated our website a little bit, making it more relevant to our current interests and goals. It was vital since we're now developing a new department within the studio, which we are presenting to potential clients behind closed doors. Hope to talk about it next month if we'll launch a project or two.

• The other studio founder and I have also attempted to pursue personal side projects: on my side was this whole debacle, and she's been focusing on a wellness-media project. As far as I know, her endeavour looks much more promising than mine.

• In the discussion of quality time, my health has been the only bright side over the last three months. Since everything fell apart in march, the gym became my sole method of letting go of anxiety and fear for my future. It turned out to be a life-changing decision, and I could not be grateful enough. In my late 20s, I feel great, sleep well and get stronger each week. The whole protocol of building the body the right way got me involved even more in health-related content, lectures, and books (perhaps, someday, I'll gladly share my favorites). I'm also learning JS and reading a lot of Franzen. That much I will keep on doing.

To sum things up:

1. I'm glad I finally took my health seriously – that became the most meaningful outcome of summer activity.

2. Work-wise, our team did something, but not enough. I'm highly disappointed in the team and in especially in myself. As for "why so little was done," I explain it to myself in this manner: it's still a long road ahead of us to figure out the right way for a global remote teamwork relationship. In the past three months, it became clear that we need to work exceptionally hard on not tuning in and out across many time zones. And we also lack resources, but that's an entirely different topic.

I'll take a week off to clear my head and find some inspiration to keep on going. We did shit, but I still feel we've done everything we could. Need to work more, need to work harder.