OK, Here We Go…

It’s time to get to work.

I mailed my last bit of paperwork to the Building Codes Division on Friday…the two options were mailing paperwork or sending a fax which I found delightfully old fashioned. It will link Tree Fort’s CCB with my Electrical license…one last bureaucratic hurdle. While standing in line at the post office, I was reflecting on how this journey had started a year ago. I realized that I had spent enough time as a Journeyman Electrician to sit for the Supervisors exam allowing for the possibility of setting out on my own. Like most things in my life, I could’ve gone a little faster. I’ve been stretching out the time between things, working my job for a few more months, a class here, a test there, stacking up health care visits, watching old european bike races, climbing, reading, and generally enjoying this space between old and new chapters. I know this thing, once it has started, has the potential to be all consuming.

The lazy float down the river is over and the fast water is up ahead. The word has gotten out and the work is coming in. Friends are telling other friends and the imaginary work of the future is becoming the reality of bids, contracts, phone conversations and schedules. I’m a mix of anxious and grateful.

I followed my intuition to start this company. I was comfortable in my old job, but feeling that I had more to give and more to learn in this trade. I am intentionally moving into a more stressful environment in order to gain raw material for personal growth. As I reflect on what’s going on for me, I am feeling the familiar effect of setting out on an unknown rock climb….leaving behind the comfort of certainty and control, accepting the oncoming effort with gratitude, taking a deep breath and just getting on with it.

I am looking forward to sharing this journey with all of you…