BOD is shorthand for Board of Directors. Did you know that? I’ll never forget the day that secret chunk of knowledge was revealed to me. I felt so smart, like my level of professionalism jumped from “soggy sock” to “red hot lover” in an instant. At that time, I was a member of the Puget Sound American Marketing Association’s board. We did planning/visioning retreats every year. I didn’t enjoy them.
This weekend, I’ll be attending the VCC staff and BOD planning/visioning retreat. This will be the first planning retreat I have been a part of with VCC. At least, I think it will be the first one. I’m totally going to get fired if it turns out we had a planning retreat just three months ago and I have completely forgotten the entire event. Anyways, I’m very excited. Ya see, I secretly love planning and visioning. It’s true. Mission and vision and purpose… well, they are the wind beneath my wings. In hindsight, I’ve realized every bout of depression I’ve had has been fueled by the unanswered question, “what’s it all mean, what’s the purpose of it all?” That is to say, if I don’t have a clear mission and purpose, I literally go insane.
For Christmas, Ione wanted one thing and one thing only: the Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker. She didn’t want Barbies, video games, or My Little Ponies. She didn’t even want a Camaro with a princess riding a flying donut airbrushed on the hood. For her, it was all about the Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker. I guess the VCC BOD planning/visioning retreat is my Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker.
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January 14, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Donna
Ditto on yer thoughts! I am a planning/visioning junkie – gives my life meaning, which means that my mind is often racing with ideas that I have to continually research and explore and work out. My analogy is Dylan – he likes to bounce, or I suppose a better term is “rock” back and forth on the couch; always has since he was one year old. Looks a little odd sometimes, but whatever, it soothes him. One time in completely bad-parent style, I told him, “Dylan, come on ya gotta stop – I mean it just looks weird!” But he responded by telling me, “But Mom, I HAVE to or else my head will hurt!” (Like I said, bad, bad parenting; I have since repented and told him to rock on!) I get it, it’s his processing of life time, and he has to work it out. Yep, that’s what I get from reading and planning and visioning – it’s a total need; a ‘fix’ that I HAVE to have! (And, for the record, I hadn’t seen ‘BOD’ used until VCC!)