{"id":18293,"date":"2022-10-05T16:50:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T16:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/productcollective.com\/?p=18293"},"modified":"2022-10-26T13:28:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T13:28:32","slug":"keep-going-dont-give-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/productcollective.com\/keep-going-dont-give-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Going. Don&#8217;t Give Up."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week was a big week for us at Product Collective. We put INDUSTRY on in-person for the first time since 2019. But it was a big week for me, personally, too.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks back, I had challenged myself to bike the entire Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail \u2013 a multi-use trail that follows part of the former route of the Ohio &amp; Erie Canal in Northeast Ohio. From one end in downtown Cleveland, Ohio to the other in a small town in Dover, Ohio \u2013 the trail runs just over 90 miles long. And I was attempting to bike the entire thing on a solo ride.<\/p>\n<p>For an avid cyclist, this is probably nothing more than a fun half-day adventure. However, I am not an avid cyclist. I\u2019ve never gone on a ride more than 25 miles in one trip (and that was years ago!). I enjoy riding my bike in the park recreationally, but that\u2019s the extent of my experience.<\/p>\n<p>Even still, last Friday at 9:45am \u2013 I started my ride out of Downtown Cleveland on the towpath \u2013 partly excited and partly scared, if I\u2019m being honest. Soon after starting, I found a crumpled up hand-written note from my 10-year old son tossed in my bag, which simply read, \u201cKeep Going, Don\u2019t Give Up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just five small words. But that note kept me motivated the entire ride. And sure enough, about ten hours later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ci_e88wLO_0\/?igshid=NDRkN2NkYzU=\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ci_e88wLO_0\/?igshid=NDRkN2NkYzU=\">I found myself at the very end of the Towpath.<\/a> (Well, close to the end \u2013 it turned out that the Towpath actually closed off at Mile 75 that day).<\/p>\n<p>We all have our own journeys, whether in product or in life. And oftentimes, we find ourselves on journeys where we\u2019re also partly excited, but also partly scared\u2026 not knowing if or how we\u2019ll make it to the end. So, let me be the one to put a note in <em>your<\/em> bag. The words will be the same one my son scribbled.<\/p>\n<p>Keep Going. Don\u2019t Give Up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week was a big week for us at Product Collective. We put INDUSTRY on in-person for the first time since 2019. But it was a big week for me, personally, too. 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