Transitions

Hi there, friends.

I don’t have new writing today, but I thought I’d share a personal update since this week marks a big transition for me. This Friday is my last day on staff at Citizens of the World KC, the charter school I helped found. Nearly nine years ago I started a conversation in my neighborhood that grew into the founding of a Pre-k through 8th grade public charter school. It has been my own kids’ school. It has been a hub of my community. It has been my employer and my passion. And on Friday I’ll hand over my keys, turn off my work email, and start something new.

And I have no idea what that will be.

I feel lucky for the chance to hit pause for a few months. This decision has been in the works for over a year. You’d think I would feel more ready to embrace a break. But honestly, as this week has approached, I’ve noticed within myself a restlessness and the tendency to quickly jump into the next thing. Is it the pressure to remain on a career path? The desire to look like I know what I’m doing? My knack for needing to feel useful? The treadmill effect of not knowing how to slow down even when nothing else requires me to move?

I don’t know.

But I am telling myself — and I have been grateful for good friends who have also told me — to embrace this as the gift that it is. And that seems like a good place to end, and a good place to start.

Peace,

Andrew

P.S. The essays and poems return next week. :)

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What I’m currently reading: William Bridges’ Transitions, the latest update in the 1988 firefighter explosion, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

What I’m listening to: Shovels and Rope’s Manticore, Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia