When American Whitewater sent out an email that they were hiring a new executive director, my heart stopped. Talk about a dream job. The worst that can happen is they say no, right?

In these times, it’s okay to feel sad about missing out on experiences you should have had. That doesn’t take away from the experiences you’ll have instead, or in spite of.

The world got flipped upside down and I kept waiting for it to right itself…but it’s me that needed to reorient myself to the world as it is now. This is what it feels like to live in a historic moment as it unfolds. This is the flash point. Whatever our society looks like after this, it will not be what it was before.

Thirty definitely feels like a milestone. The kind that inspires friends and colleagues, both younger and older, to say (with somewhat apprehensive expressions) “How do you feel about turning thirty?”