Freshly Retired, I Lean into a Breathtaking Future
After leading Near East Area Renewal (NEAR) for nearly 12 years of unprecedented affordable homeownership development and urban neighborhood renewal—and after 25+ years of guiding and growing local nonprofits—I’m downshifting for a moment.
Only for a moment! Even as I take a breather, I’m already looking forward to what’s next. I’m exploring possible paths into and through what environmentalist Bill McKibben describes as the Third Act. Having learned and led and built and accomplished well into my sixties, how might I invest my time and energy and capacities and resources in legacy years?
It's a serious question. I don’t have the answer. I’m living the question. I have notions and inklings. I have ideas and dreams. I have cultivated capacities and a readiness to translate learnings and experiences into fresh community impact. What does that look like? I don’t yet know.
But on this first day beyond traditionally-defined work, on this first day of a Third Act, I celebrate the gift of time and the opportunities I have been given and lean into a breathtaking—if unknown—future.
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