The Path

I’ll let my résumé speak to the professional and technical results of my career thus far. This will allow me a moment to reflect a little bit on where I am and where I’m trying to go with this crazy adventure. My ambition has literally taken me across the country in an attempt to ground myself in doing work that I care about and that I’m good at. Getting a second bachelor’s degree and walking away from a career in retail management was only the first step in the search for my place in the work spectrum. Winding my way into the entertainment industry and working my way upward was an educational experience that leaned on my passion for creativity and my dedication to hard work. Speaking of education, my next stop brought that desire to create and the skills of the craft into the classroom. Teaching, guiding, and mentoring in what I loved doing seemed like the end of the line as my family grew and sought roots. Though the journey in education didn’t stop there, rather it moved out of the classroom and evolved into a role of leadership, unifying decades of expertise managing people with almost as much experience creating output.

At this point, I’ve realized that maybe there is no destination and maybe it doesn’t ever stop (until I do). I can easily trace my path to where am, but I would never have been able to map it out beforehand. Wherever I go from here (literally and figuratively), I will continue to make the distinction between “moving on” and “moving forward”. The former is the ability to admire the various scenery of my career travels - each role and organization playing a huge part in my growth. The latter is the motivation to keep going - never to stop learning and doing. And never to stop moving forward in my evolution as a professional and a person.

The Destination

I’m looking for the final stop in order to move forward. This sounds like a contradiction, but if you’re reading this then you’ve already heard the preface to this boldly metaphorical goal. My career experience is well-traveled. My shoes are broken in, yet I’m nowhere near road-weary. I am at the peak stage of the unification of all the strongest skills that I’ve acquired - namely in leadership and creation. I’m innately and deeply connected with the management of teams and the architecture of processes.

I yearn for a challenge and thus am not necessarily trying to do what I’ve already done. But I’m also excited to reinvent myself doing the things I’m good at and passionate about. I crave security and permanence. I need honest and direct communication. I thrive in shared camaraderie. I succeed with supportive leadership. I adapt. I progress. And no matter what, I move forward.