Man, it’s been forever since I blogged. I woke up early to read through scholarship apps. We will select the Shannon Scholars this weekend when we hold our board of directors meeting. The meeting will be held virtually, of course.
We are holding my annual company meetings virtually too. I would be in Florida for those - probably smoking a cigar and looking at the Atlantic Ocean with a bunch of other sales guys. But it ain’t so bad.
Our company was one of the first to pull its people out of the field when the pandemic began to spread. We will probably also be one of the last to go back out. Kudos to WEX Inc. I still love my job. I’m 57 but I’ll keep grinding as long as they will let me. I am fulfilled doing deals. I like helping companies and the people that do the work in those companies.
I know this has been a challenging time in our world. Time to reach back into the reserves of mental wellness and persist. We are almost there. Plus it’s winter-as-heck up here in MN. What else you going to do?
Which brings me back to the apps. There are some outstanding young people coming up in this world. As adults we feel so bad for them - they are getting screwed out of many of the traditional high school experiences - but it ain’t so bad. In this small scale of 13 or so Rochester young adults, the messages give me great hope. These kids get it.
Time for another cup of Dunn Bros grind. Cozy by the fire 🔥. Reading stories from kids that never knew Shannon O’Hara but carry her spirit in the way they go about things. That’s pretty cool.
The world we are living in right now is an us not a me. It ain’t so bad.
