It’s strange to think that my time at Equitas Health, my fellowship with the Columbus Foundation, and my summer are all just about halfway finished. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time thus far, and I am hopeful that the remaining half of my summer will be equally if not more, fulfilling than the first half.

So far I’ve gained insight into how non-profits operate and how they achieve their missions, but more importantly, I’ve been learning how to be aware of my intentions and desires as they relate to my career and what I’d like to get out of life. It’s daunting and certainly something I’ve been putting off for as long as possible, but through this program and my time at Equitas, I have been able to get the ball rolling on that process. Somehow it’s scarier and far less scary than I originally anticipated. Either way, it’s exciting for me.

From a weekly point of view, the assignment that I have been working on has proven to be more approachable than I originally believed it to be, while also being more challenging. If I didn’t say in my previous blog post, I have been tasked with creating a (large) PowerPoint presentation that recaps all of Equitas’s involvements at pride events around the state. Once I got started I quickly realized that it would be quite time-consuming, which was shocking to me. I mean, why should a multi-week project require more than two afternoon’s worth of work?

Jokes aside I do struggle with time management, especially when a deadline isn’t for some time. Setting time aside to do work and feeling absolutely zero sense of urgency isn’t a rare event for me. I have ADHD and I’m curious to see how my neurodivergencies will interact with my future work. I’m confident that it won’t be a huge career roadblock, but I am anticipating some struggles and potential incompatibilities.

This week I exclusively did work from home as I haven’t had any reasons to be in the office, which has been nice. It’s allowed me to remedy my preferences and needs when it comes to getting work done. Doing things on my own time in my own comfortable environment has been huge! I’ve also enjoyed the flexibility that WFH offers.

Next week I’ll be meeting with my supervisors and going over the presentation, and I’m sure it will be fine and largely uneventful, but I’m excited!