Times like these

I have served 1500+ clients in 20 years. I had rarely missed a deadline for a client deliverable or cancelled a coaching call before this summer.

I always found a way to make things happen. Sure, every once in a while I had to move a call because of a sick kid or other emergency, but otherwise I prided myself on running a tight ship when it came to my work.

This summer completely blew that up.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that every single day there was a different pending crisis or situation. There were 50 straight days where I literally ran on adrenaline to get the most immediate things done, but that meant rescheduling much of my work.

During this time, my clients were beyond amazing and understanding, other than the person who initiated a chargeback in the middle of all of this (that's a story for another day).

For years, I had talked with folks in the "sandwich generation," but living it myself has given me a whole new appreciation for how hard it is to manage your kids, your parents, your work, and your life when things go wrong.

Throughout this time, I had to let some things (like my LinkedIn presence) go. I'll admit: it was hard for me to stop posting consistently. I have been posting every weekday for almost 4 years now, scheduling content for holidays and vacation.

It's been an interesting experiment in some ways. Not posting every day actually didn't seem to hurt my presence the way that I had thought it would. When I did finally show up, things were pretty much exactly as they had been, which has me rethinking a lot of things.

It's hard to come back after a break - it just is. I've had breaks for all sorts of reasons and it's just never easy to get back into things. But if you've been working for 25+ years, you've got to trust that the momentum that you have built means something. A break may interrupt your momentum temporarily, but it doesn't erase it.

Let's be real: life isn't easy and most of us have seasons like this where we are struggling to keep our heads above water for a variety of reasons.

Sometimes, something's got to give.

Here's my thought for today: maybe the things that we worked so hard to build won't disappear quite as quickly as we fear that they will.

Thanks for being part of this community - I appreciate you.

Take care of yourself -

Colleen

600 1st Ave, Ste 330 PMB 92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2246

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