My list of dependable people...the people who have stuck by me and this cause...the people whom I'm scared to death of overwhelming with tasks...
Mona
Mom
Beth
Trinetta
Alison
Amanda
Caitlin
Laura Hartin
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
V-Day Woes
V-Day makes me happy....trying to find people truly committed to the V-Day cause has made me really sad. So many people say they want to get involved...for me to let them know how they can help. Yet all of a sudden, I feel like I am the person whom everyone avoids. I don't get returned emails, or phone calls, or text messages.
The empowerment one can feel from being involved in this event is truly amazing...I want to share that with all of my friends and family. It is definitely one of those life changing experiences everyone seems to be seeking in life. But lately I feel like I'm surrounded by a million passionless, selfish people. No, V-Day does not over "limelight" experiences...and no, it doesn't offer a big chance at media coverage or even a lot of gratitude expressed by the people we help...but it DOES offer us the chance to help. Why can't that be enough?
Next semester is going to be complete hell...I'm already losing sleep over worrying about it. But my whole point in getting us started on this V-Day campaign early was to avoid that exact stress for everyone.
I'm so frustrated with this year....with FMLA's year so far. It has been drama after drama, all of which cuts into our ability to come together and do what we had planned. There are so many personal issues going on with many of our members that I can only seem to get half of them to work on any one thing. So-and-so doesn't want to work with this person...so-and-so won't come to a meeting if this person is going to be there. It is truly fucking nuts.
I'm at my wits end on how to work with these people. I can only depend on a very few...and a very few can't pull off this V-Day campaign! I have no idea what to do at this point...
The empowerment one can feel from being involved in this event is truly amazing...I want to share that with all of my friends and family. It is definitely one of those life changing experiences everyone seems to be seeking in life. But lately I feel like I'm surrounded by a million passionless, selfish people. No, V-Day does not over "limelight" experiences...and no, it doesn't offer a big chance at media coverage or even a lot of gratitude expressed by the people we help...but it DOES offer us the chance to help. Why can't that be enough?
Next semester is going to be complete hell...I'm already losing sleep over worrying about it. But my whole point in getting us started on this V-Day campaign early was to avoid that exact stress for everyone.
I'm so frustrated with this year....with FMLA's year so far. It has been drama after drama, all of which cuts into our ability to come together and do what we had planned. There are so many personal issues going on with many of our members that I can only seem to get half of them to work on any one thing. So-and-so doesn't want to work with this person...so-and-so won't come to a meeting if this person is going to be there. It is truly fucking nuts.
I'm at my wits end on how to work with these people. I can only depend on a very few...and a very few can't pull off this V-Day campaign! I have no idea what to do at this point...
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