I've spent part of the day planning my trip to South Carolina later this month. I've been invited to things like this many times, I've even been invited to speak. This is the first time that I've accepted an invite and while I won't be speaking, thank God, I will be doing interviews and some promotional things for the National Converge Autism Summit. That's pretty exciting for me.
At the same time, I'm also nervous because this takes me way outside of my comfort zone. The truth is, I like kinda being the person behind the curtain. Video conferencing took me some time to get comfortable with. I don't mind being on the other side of a screen and definitely don't mind being able to hide behind a blog post, but in person stuff makes me nervous.
I've just decided that it's a new destination along the path of my personal growth journey. I see it as a challenge and I'm determined to rise to the ocassion. I know I'm more than capable but sometimes lack the confidence.
Anyway, today I booked my hotel and I'm kinda excited because I'm going to stay the night in Charlotte, North Carolina before making the final 2 hour drive to Greenville the following day. I love staying in Charlotte and I'm going to be staying in the same hotel the boys and I stayed at when we went to Orlando a couple years back.
I still need a piece of recording equipment and I'm not super excited about that. Actually, I am kinda excited about it, just not the expense. That said, it will be very useful going forward, especially if these trips become more frequent. So I guess I will just bite the bullet and take the plunge.
I'm nervous about sitting down with Temple Grandin because I mean, it's Temple Grandin.
One of my goals over the next few days is to draft some interview questions and I thought I would open the floor to you guys a little bit.
Is there something you'd like me to ask her? Do you have a question that you'd really like her feedback on? Leave them in the comments below and I'll try to work some of them in if I can. I think I get something like 20 minutes, so time will limited.
Personal growth can be scary sometimes but I feel pushing forward anyway, is part of that growth process. I hopefully have many decades of life left and I don't want to spend that time stuck in the same place I've been stuck in for some time now. I want to grow as a person, father and business owner. I want to continue building something that lets me take care of the people I love, all while making a difference, and maybe leaving the world a slightly better place than I found it in.
I've never been away from my kids for this long before and that will be a bit strange but like I said, personal growth.
I'm excited to see where this new path leads and I want to make the most of every opportunity I'm lucky enough to come across. This is all very positive stuff and I'm grateful to be sought after to do this kinda work.
