Date: May 21st, 2010
Over the past couple weeks leading up to May 22nd, I was working on gathering items for a small charity auction. I got a ton of great donations from friends, which was wonderful, but now that it was the day before the party and I had a well defined pile of stuff, I had no idea what it should go for. Luckily, that was completely up to me.
Granting that it was a relatively small measure of personal power, I greatly enjoyed getting to name the prices of the auction goods. At the time that I was doing it, I felt like I was truly and completely in charge of a project. I've managed projects and been second-in-command on projects, but having the entirety of the decisions rest on my shoulders is something more new for me.
It struck me that, sink or swim, it was on me. I planned it, put it together, got the donations for it, priced the items, figured out the way it would run. Everything. The day before the actual auction was supposed to take place, it hit me what a big responsibility it is to be in charge of a project and have the final outcome rest on your shoulders. It was scary, but it was also a good feeling. I liked knowing that the lessons learned and the things gained from the experience or putting it all together before the party would be mine and mine alone.
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