Well, here I am. After many months of searching for the next stage of life, I have landed at a new job in a new role without a strong sense of what it is I am doing.
Things are good. Started out pretty slow, but getting better. Some definite culture shock - going from big fish/small pond, to small sardine/atlantic ocean. Going from 10 years of relational leadership, positional leadership, to being the newbie. Going from a role where I juggle 10-20 jobs in any given week to one where I work on 1-2 per month. Going from clients walking in the door for unannounced meetings to international, see each other each quarter...
AND I sit at a desk. My previous talents for multi-tasking need to be replaced with the forgotten skill of long-term concentration. These are not complaints - they are the reality of the transition that I am in. Fortunately, Maggie encouraged me to remember my life the first few weeks at Gaskins in 2001 - and also, a wise Ozzie once told me to "not overestimate what you can do in one year and underestimate what you can do in ten."
I'm getting there, and I am confident that 'there' is going to be good. If you are going to be in a transition time, it is much nicer to be on this end of it.