Limitations

Setting up this website has been a huge learning curve and a humbling experience! I swore I would never be the elderly parent who gets their kids to come over and "fix the remote so Momma can watch her stories!" but here I am, twenty years early. I had the will and ideas and my oldest child had to execute it without executing me.

Sorry McKenzie!

I will say though that I taught her well. She did just enough to get it started and then backed away, telling me what I needed to do to write the content. She humbled me and then empowered me.

Clever girl.

It got me thinking about limitations, humbleness and committing to learning throughout our life. I'm pretty knowledgeable in my field and know my way around a computer (thanks to an IT husband), but websites, graphic design and stuff?

Hell no.

If I want to continue with where my career path is going though, then I need to learn, embrace being a novice again and set aside my ego and all the feelings that go with that. After all, we do that as social workers everyday right?

I also have to look at being vulnerable - not just asking for help from my extremely patient child (who will also poke fun at me all the way), but to you as readers.

Is what I have to say important enough to spend the time to read it? Will it resonate with someone? Will it help? What if I say something the wrong way and upset people? How do I handle all the emotions and Imposter Syndrome that goes with it?

I then realised that I was over complicating it. I was limiting myself because I was worried about taking a risk. How can I work with supervisees and push them to grow if I'm not willing to walk the talk myself. So this is my first blog post, out there for better or worse and the takeaway I guess is to not let you limit yourself.

Learn, embrace your mistakes, improve and reflect and be very proud of your resilience to do so.