Transient Things

Training Week... or What's Left Of It, Anyway

Posted by Rath Loeung , Thursday, June 10, 2010 11:00 PM

I'm not a big fan of being clueless. Entering into a situation where I haven't convinced myself yet that I know all that I need to know irks me. At this point I feel like I'm in way over my head. My mediocre organization and coordination abilities have been stretched beyond any other instance I can remember in recent history. I'm think I'm getting by but I know I'm frustrating the team by having blinders on when I'm trying to navigate the details and dropping the ball on things when I try to paint the big picture.

There are such quality staffers on the team here. The talent and passions of the individuals make me feel confident that this summer will be fantastic. I'm trying my best to cope with leading training sessions over things that I've mostly never actually seen done. Sure I have procedures on paper, but my yellow (sanguine/melancholic) temperament relies much more heavily on things I've seen and done. I find it extremely difficult to grasp concepts that are on paper only. I'm looking forward to the weekend after the first session so I can assess everything there is to experience in a week's worth of camp.

Prayer needs
- strength and energy: training week is g-r-u-e-l-i-n-g.
- further organization and management skills: I have to figure out how to step it up somehow.
- patience: to keep the monster called perfectionism at bay.

PS: It's our anniversary! I think it's kind of cool that we haven't celebrated one yet outside of a camp setting. It speaks to how much we love the way we're sharing our lives with other people, especially students. Thank you Andrew and Vanessa for our awesome skit. Oh, you silly kiddos.