work-life harmony

if a journey needs a direction, destination, and purpose to in fact be a journey – this is mission, vision, values in my life.

the past couple of years, i have found myself taking inventory more than ever before. i’m not by any stretch thinking i’m the only one during this pandemic to do so, just see the great resignation and all its friends. but i got to a fork in the trail, the one at which in order to continue on my journey, i had to take inventory of the gear in my pack – what values make me tick. then i had to reference the map – what mission am i on, what vision do i have for influence in the world. the unique molly-flavor that was put in me, in my design, in my core. it sounds selfish, and for that reason was hard for me to start the introspection season. but i realized to serve others and fully step into the role i’m designed to fill, self-awareness was the crucial first step.

how can i lead others to their best work/impact if i didn’t know my own?

how can i direct a team to higher levels, taking new ground, innovating new spaces, if i don’t know my contributions and blind-spots?

how can my ‘yes’s be YES and my ‘no’s be NO, without a reference point?

and at the end of the day, if the work doesn’t get me up the next morning, i’m probably missing something.

the journey from ‘work-life balance’ to ‘work-life harmony’ consists of leaning into my values and my mission and having the entirety of my life resonate from that space. that’s authenticity.

i don’t want work to be on one side of the ring, facing off with my life on the other – i want all the roles, projects, pillars of my life to fall under the same mission-minded, purpose-driven, values system that is me.

a foundation. a theme. a design.

growth. service. excellence. making things that move people, and building things that build people. that’s me.