Today was the first day of my second week as Director of Financial Return. I woke up this morning thinking about my work day ahead. Today was the first director meeting, and I really had no idea what to expect. It was more low-key than I really thought it would be. I was surprised though at how much time was wasted. Maybe it was just different because it was my first one. Time will tell. I already have a list of things I’m supposed to accomplish, but no idea how I’m supposed to accomplish them. Sigh.
On the plus side, when I shared about the train wreck that was this past Saturday, I was able to include an action plan and everyone was very complimentary about that, so that felt good and like a step in the right direction. Also, Eric complimented me later about meeting labor goals for dinner. We lost them in late night, but we have a plan for next week, so I am hopeful that we will see progress being made.
Sad part of the day is that I think we lost Rufi. I am baffled, because while he was quirky, he never, ever struck me as someone who was disrespectful to anyone, and to hear that people have suggested that he was less than respectful… I just have my doubts about that. I’m sad about him- so much leadership potential and he truly desires growth and to do better.
Overall, I still am unsure what I am supposed to be doing with my time operationally. I would say that last week on a scale of 1-10, that I would rate it a 5. I don’t think I did well with a lot of things, and there is clearly room for improvement. This week is starting out in a brighter spot, but tomorrow I have a long 10-6 day and I’m not super excited about that. I don’t think I have any reason to go for 10 though, so it will probably be closer to 10:30.
I shared about this blog on the GGC today, so that will help me attempt to keep it going. I know I would really love to get back to blogging regularly, I just don’t know what the content should be yet. It could be that the book I am supposed to write is supposed to flow from me much like my old blog posts did. So maybe one of the things I will do with this space is brainstorm what my book might look like. I am excited about some new things coming up with the GGC. I have the Mindset Reboot this week, in November I have the Midwest meetup where I will finally get to meet Jamin and Joe, and then next April we have a big fat meetup at Remarkable You in Tennessee. Hopefully in the coming weeks I will get my hotel room nailed down for Tennessee. First I need to find out about taking the time off.
Maybe tomorrow I will figure out some formatting things with this blog so it at least is appealing for me to look at. We’ll see- it’s a new week for school and I have stuff to do for that too.