Happy Friday everyone! I wish I could sit here typing and say that this week was a fun one for me, but I’d be lying. Truthfully, the days have just been all the same. Why, you might ask? Well that’s because I’ve been stuck with Covid all week. What??!! Covid in 2024??? Yep, it still exists. And it being my first time having it, I cannot shake it to save my life right now.

On the bright side, my coworkers and I were already planning on working remotely this week due to Red, White, and Boom preparation near our office so this works out. We also luckily had a short week with it being 4th of July yesterday and 2 out of our 5 total people being on vacation. Covid said hey it’s the perfect time to strike this kid. That being said, I have been in bed all week trying to recover. My team has been very understanding and thoughtful towards me while I’ve been sick. I thank all of them for understanding. Though, that has not stopped me from trying to get some work done here and there.

I first continued working on my project of finding pictures for our 50th Anniversary. It was something that I could easily do from bed and allowed me to stay somewhat productive. Another project I got done this week involved Community Impact Projects from our Signature Program graduates throughout the 50 years of our existence. This might be one of my favorite projects I’ve done so far here at Leadership Columbus. A little backstory, every year in our Signature Program, participants must be involved in a Community Impact Project that they complete in groups. My job was to build an excel spreadsheet that listed all of the projects throughout the years with their project description and partnering organization. After I’ve listed all the projects, we can then go through and categorize each one. This will help us when we’re looking at the different impacts we’ve had in Columbus. We can now just go to the spreadsheet, see all the projects that have helped combat a topic, say “hunger” in the Columbus area. For me the project was very learning-enhancive because I got to read descriptions of each project showcasing the great impact it had on our community and city.

Other than that, I have been able to catch up on some of the shows or movies I hadn’t seen before (Shoutout Dune 2, that movie was awesome). You could find me in bed binging season 3 of The bear along with watching as much soccer and baseball as I could. I hope when I’m writing my blog next week, I’ll be back in the office with my coworkers and not rotting away in bed. Thanks for tuning in everyone.

Until next week,

Austin