May has always been my favorite month. Flowers are in bloom, the world is turning bright green again and of course my birthday is in May. May is also, almost always, a time of transition. Throughout life, this was always the time when school was almost over, and graduations were starting to happen. This year it brings about the near end of our service year. As always, when you get this close to the end of something you have to face that constant question of “What are you doing next?” My least favorite question in the world!
A day doesn’t go by without someone, colleagues, friends, supervisors, even family members asking what my plans are. The honest reality is that I have no idea. I don’t know where I will be in the next few months and I’m not even sure where I want to be. So when someone gets that look in their eye and I know the question is coming, I instantly cringe inside and try to think of something to say that will end the conversation as quickly as possible.
The good thing about this year is that my host site, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, keeps me so busy that I don’t have a lot of down time to spend thinking about the future. Here, I stay firmly grounded in what’s going on now. Currently diversity is very much what is happening at my site. So far this year, 41% of the women we have recruited at Big Sister have been women of color. It’s nice to be apart of something where I feel I can have ownership of organizational change.
While I may face constant struggle with where I will be in the future, at least I know that I am succeeding in the present.
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