Get yourself a no-buddy.
I owe mine some of the biggest accomplishments of my life
For a long time, I zig-zagged around, saying yes to pretty much every opportunity that lifted it's head, plus pitching a lot of ideas (read, a lot of work) myself.
These yeses and ideas let me to work in a number of sectors and roles, from nonprofits and consulting to academia, and from housekeeping and barista gigs to teaching, gardening, and strategic planning. In each of these settings, I was doing work that mattered, that fulfilled me, and that moved the needle in at least some small way for other people and the planet.
To do all these things required me to put a lot of energy into things that other people thought were important. I knew I had the skills and expertise to help with these things. I thought they we…