Had the most lovely evening on Friday with Anna and Millie. I haven’t seen Millie in at least a couple of years and her energy and spirit are always contagious. She’s been at HBS for a week and her stories from the experience were hilarious. Anna was up for the day as well and we had lots of laughter about children, friends, business ideas, breastfeeding, and a million other topics. Good for the soul all around. Picture above is from our reunion in June 2005.
As usual when I am with my dear friends I come away wondering why such brilliant, intelligent, passionate women choose me. I am humbled by the people I am close to, over and over. I wonder if the day will come when I learn to trust their judgment?
Week 3 at Providence was excellent. Headed back to New York this week which I am looking forward to – the team in New York is fantastic: impressive, warm, friendly, engaged in the process and strategy of recruiting. The headhunters are likewise fun to be around and I know I’ll be spending a lot of time at Lever House.
Still, I feel unsettled and restless lately. The clocks have turned forward, we’ve resolved Matt’s job and my job, and as of yesterday we had good school news (we will be staying in Cambridge – HOORAY) and yet I don’t feel at peace. I remember an email exchange with Jeri years ago in which I described a certain restlessness of spirit as just inherent to who I am. But I think sometimes the amplitude of this restlessness is wider than the band within which I’m comfortable. The question then is how to still it, dampen the oscillations, in order to get back to the steady state.

“Living fearlessly is not the same thing as never being afraid. It’s good to be afraid occasionally. Fear is a great teacher.” -Michael Ignatieff

“Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.” -Richard Byrd