I love love love my job. Like REALLY, I’m loving it.

Now I know what you’re thinking and you’re not wrong.

I’ve just finished week two and going in to week three and it’s got new job smell (closely related to new car smell) and… we’re in the honeymoon phase.

That’s all true.

And… I consider how this relates to my OLW for the year — In-Dependence. In my new position with ServiceMaster, I am depending on my leadership to foster a place where I can learn, grow, make mistakes, correct, contribute, and be “safe” gosh I wish there was a better word, I hope it comes to me, in learning, growing, mistaking, correcting, and contributing. And is secure a better word? Allowed? Encouraged?

Let’s go with Encouraged, I like it better.

Jon and Dan, and the rest of my team are depending on me. They’re depending on me to know my business, build relationships, understand what’s possible, what’s not, to learn, to grow, make mistakes, correct, and contribute and to always default to thinking things are always done with good intent.

It’s a realization I wish I had come to long ago, and maybe I had but was unable to articulate it.

So what’s the point?

Well… I’m also in my second month of marriage, and I wake up every single day, in disbelief that I’ve married my perfect match, my best friend, safe harbor, challenge giver, chief cheerleader and I want to keep this feeling every day.

I realize these types of euphoric, rainbow and unicorn days aren’t guaranteed, and I also know without the challenges, the sweet days well, they’re just less sweet. But here’s the thing, realizing what I depend on Ken for, what he depends on me for will help us stay in the honeymoon zone, where we know 100% that we’re right where we’re supposed to be.

I think the same is true for me, and for anyone really in their working lives. We’re not promised perfection, goodness knows that just doesn’t exist, but when we step back, remember what our teammates are depending on us for and they remember what we’re depending on them for then we all stand a better chance of great outcomes, more good days than bad, and more happiness in the work we do and the relationships we have. So go find your unicorn… understand that sometimes he or she could be just a horse rocking a horn, or a billygoat hiding one, but it’s just darn amazing what a little perspective does.