As you may or may not know from having (or not having) followed us here for awhile, periodically we take a break. There’s been lots of discussion over the past few months on what it means to work at a startup. Should you work 4 days a week? Should you take time off? Should you work all night? Should you be a workaholic? We chimed in with our thoughts.

For us at Jackson Fish Market work is an important part of our lives. It’s not just a means to an end, it’s a critical component that we wouldn’t be happy without. But that doesn’t mean it’s the only component or the most important. We’re super passionate about our jobs because we’re super passionate about lots of different things. Some work-related, some not. We need time to pursue those outside work passions. Hence our twice yearly breaks.

Some folks, including us, doubted that we’d be able to pull it off. And while I won’t claim victory quite yet as we still have only three full-time employees (who are all founders) we are starting our third ‘break’ today. Spring break we’re calling it. We did a month in the summer of 2007, six weeks at the end of 2007 and now we’ve moved our break to the spring as we have our first ever intern class (Atelier JFM) coming in early June. We’re excited. (One of our interns is driving cross-country right now to get here in time.)

We’ve gotten lots done in the first 5 months of the year – with our main accomplishment being the shipment of Carbon Grove. Check it out if you get a chance. We have lots more cool stuff planned post-break.

We’ll be back in the office and back blogging bright and early on Monday, June 9, 2008. See ya then. Have a nice spring.