Here we are, its the year 2020 and we all thought it would be very different than it is now. We are living in isolation, which isnt new. We used to choose to do so, I was as guilty as the next guy. My crews, my team, my customers, my boards, my phone, my email, my- whatever you want to plug into that space, that’s what I was focused on. Now, the order is to isolate (physically) from the world, for some of the population. Most of my friends are at work, doing the work we love – and embracing a new set of challenges every single day. I am proud of them, they don’t blink, just read the briefs, understand that things have changed again (whine, just a little) and then put on their boots and get back to work. I’m not wearing my boots these days. I am writing the briefs, and sending them out to do work. I have been advised to avoid the operations portion of our business in an effort to not get sick, turns out you can’t do what it is that I do if you are sick. And what it is I do for a living isn’t important because the most urgent job I have is right here at the house (no, not in my home office downstairs, because that’s where my job has been lately) I am called to be the leader of a household and to be a steady husband and father. I am called to do that with a nearly constant stream of information (lots of noise, some signal) coming in. I am attempting to be dad and partner, but I am also balancing that with boss and leader (and self-proclaimed student of pandemic ems response). It is a tough balancing act. I pray that I have the strength to be both well, and to balance them.
This is largely a cathartic release of just writing some random thoughts in a non-coherent method, but it helps. I am going to finish up a few more tasks on this laptop and then try to put it away for a while. I am also going to try to stay off the damn social media. its not helping at all!
Be safe everyone, stay home, stay healthy. And if youre one of those who have others relying on you doing what it is you do, thank you for doing whatever it is you do.
-M