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Co-Build a VC Fund in Public: Day 7 (Work hard, play harder) As someone who works 120+ hours a week and thrives on momentum, taking time off is NOT a rare indulgence — it is a lifeline. Without it, I hit a wall. The endless decisions, the relentless pace, the constant drive to move forward and co-build companies..... Every now and then, I make it a point to step back. To pause. To reset. Recently, that meant a trip to Iceland. At first, being removed from the 1000s of phone calls and emails a day, the quiet was…so unfamiliar! But as days passed, I settled down, in more ways than one. Isn't life more than the next deadline? We talk a lot about rest in the entrepreneurial world, but we often treat it as another productivity hack. Take a break to spark creativity. Unplug to come back sharper. Rest to recharge. But that is not the kind of rest I needed—and I do not think it is the kind we should glorify. I guess true rest is not about what it enables us to do when we return. For me, it is about reminding ourselves that we are more than what we do. It is about honouring the need to slow down for no reason other than being human. An opportunity to reconnect with who we are when not rushed by the world. It is just a vacation, not a crash course on life - so no gyaan in my post, unfortunately. During the trip, there were no epiphanies about work, no groundbreaking ideas. What I found instead were moments of quiet humanity. - After a really long time, I was not thinking about strategy or innovation. - At the risk of sounding romantic, I have to say the joy in reading beside a window (and no..not books on entrepreneurship), - For once, I was not solving problems. I was RESTING. And that, I realised, was enough. The entrepreneurial journey has a way of pulling you in. The glorification of non-stop hustle in the rhetoric of success makes a little pause sound unnatural; almost indulgent. This post is a reminder to everyone reading this, that at times it is okay to do nothing. A little moment to feel alive outside the metrics of achievement (including DPI :) is anything but an impediment. When was the last time you took a week, or even a day off? Believe me, give yourself that permission to pause. PS. - I understand it does sound very privileged to be able to take a vacation to just be. Yes, there were days when it sounded preposterous to me as well, but if you can, maybe it will be worth your while. Building Ortella Global Capital - OG Capital, India's only fund that co-builds companies with Gaurav Verma and Rajvardhan Mohite #OGCapital #Ortella #Ortellaglobalcapital #OGfamily #OGteam