The first phase of our work with Owen Jones is coming to a close. This means that in the near future, you (my dedicated reader – are you out there?) will get to see our new branding and learn of our new name. I am so excited about this, not even a hint of trepidation. You will all love it, and it will be our big coming out. As a mom, I feel like I work behind the scenes. But with this unveiling, I feel like I will be re-joining the work force. Even though I have been working my butt off to get this up and running, it still feels like it has been behind the scenes. And with this coming out I feel like I have to decide on an organizational role/title.
I have been thinking about what I really want my role to be and also what it needs to be. Sometimes those don’t feel like the same thing. I have spent the last year (yes, my darling little one turns 1 in a few weeks), working my buns off to get this thing off the ground. And now it has some teeth and I look back and realize how much I have learned. All the meetings, all the negotiations, all the deals gone done and some undone, it has all added up to something in me, a new skill and it feels like organizational leadership. I have always envisioned myself as a teacher in the school once we get it up and running, but in the meantime I have been doing the work necessary to start this whole thing. Well that work means something. It has created something in me. Not totally sure what this means yet, but I can feel change on the horizon. How could I expect anything other really – should have known.
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