I find the most joy from creating, cultivating, and building — ideas, habitats, objects, and spaces.
My Story
“Design is a good hobby, you can do it for fun.”
This was my parents’ response to my interest in studying architecture. So, rebelling against medicine or engineering, I obtained my finance and MBA degrees and parlayed my love of design and construction into a career running a Fortune 100 company’s real estate, property management, and facilities construction management organization.
It was a blast - As long as my head and heart were doing the work of my organization, I willingly put in the blood, sweat, and tears of managing the organization. But, to truly position my team to grow into viable future leaders, I knew I’d have to let go of what I loved and did best - doing the work.
When I relinquished the enjoyment of rolling up my sleeves and getting elbow deep into the ‘fun’ work, it drained me to focus solely on the ‘management’ part of my job, e.g. reporting, budgets, performance reviews, and meetings with HR, finance, legal, other executives, etal. I endured this for awhile, but the point of no return arrived when I came home from a (literal) breathtaking and epic family vacation to Peru. There was no feeling of rejuvenation, but instead, a daily sense of abysmal dread. I’d had a brilliant run, and it was time to fly away.
Life, as before, has been unpredictable, and there are times I’ve felt adrift. Yet, I’m where I’m meant to be, doing what I’m meant to do, as the person I’m meant to be.