If you read yesterday's post, you would be forgiven for thinking today's title refers to my little 15-Minute post experiment. Sheesh. All I can say is that I think I was preoccupied with the specter of that dental appointment, and I never got to the point that I intended to make...
...which is that this week, I'm feeling that same old fear I've always had -- that people will see through me, think I'm a fraud or a total asshat.
In the fall, I volunteered to run for the parent board of directors' at my daughter's gym (which is a non-profit). The other members of the board -- in their real-world, non-parent lives -- have some high powered experience as business executives, attorneys, bankers. And me? Aside from some entertainment industry experience from 20 years ago (which never got any closer to an executive's suite than the secretary's desk outside) and a few years as a meeting planner -- consists of what you see right here. DIY web stuff and blogging.
I had thought that I could use that experience to do something about the gym's dreadful website and improve communication with team parents, but I've hit several roadblocks on the former, and all I've accomplished on the latter is to establish a little networking site for the parents on Ning. (And I've sadly neglected that -- it needs to be nourished to make it viable for everyone).
Tuesday night's board meeting was an interesting one (to put it mildly). There were issues that had to be dealt with. But I really couldn't contribute much wisdom or experience to the situation at hand. As the title says, I'm in over my head. And I hope the other board members don't notice.
I'm feeling that way a lot lately, and I have to remind myself that I DO have experience to bring to the table, even if it's not traditional. I've been asked to send a bio to one of the new collaborative sites I'm
contributing to now, and as I tick off my past lives ("radio producer," "interviewer of rock stars," "music video programmer," "WGA Member") I remember why I once thought of naming this blog "I USED to be Interesting."
I just wish I was interesting NOW.
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