Friday, 13 April 2007

I began today meeting with a small local group that is considering its options for the future having failed to attract sufficient funding.

After, I did a little work on the Herts CVS strategic plan but I spent the bulk of the day planning out the next few weeks leading to the May bank holiday. Things don’t look good: there are too many meetings, too many deadlines, and altogether too many balls in the air.

In the afternoon I had a worrying call to say that Jacquie (Director of North Herts CVS) would be off work for a while. This is a grievous loss. Jacquie is pivotal to so much that Herts CVS does, and she is our main link into regional structures. This news is a sharp reminder to me that I need to look after myself a bit better: “restore home-work balance” was the phrase used in my annual appraisal. As I left the office at 7:00 pm, having worked about 25 hours in two days, I reflected that this is the biggest challenge I face right now.