We are expanding our sweet little team.
Seagulls flying in front of a pale sky. Photo credit Eder Pozo Pérez, on Unsplash.
Fall is in the air, and we’re taking a big breath and stepping into a change.
We’re opening our team to someone new who will usher us into more efficiency, more ease, and more slow, feel-good growth.
I’m going to back up and tell you my personal story of this, because that’s what I do. But if you want to jump right to the details of this new hire…
When I started Firefly 19 years ago, I did every little thing myself. There was no other way! I had no credibility, no community, no money. I loved how those early breathtaking days blurred into each other — a never-ending to-do list of effort and striving. But over time I’ve learned to share this work, and I’ve experienced the enormous liberation of working within community.
That said, I’ve held the heart of it tight in my hands. The Firefly team does amazing work in their individual roles, but I’m still the only one who holds the whole map. More and more, this has been leaving me tired and wrestling with my own inadequacy.
Here’s the thing — I feel inadequate at this because I am. This isn’t self-admonishment, it’s a fact.
There’s simply more work on my list than one person can do. Trying to cover it all myself is exhausting me, and holding us back from the authentic growth I think we’re meant for.
So this fall, I’m taking a leap of faith and handing a bunch of my job over to someone new. I’m divesting the logistic, nitty-gritty, left-brained stuff that I’m not great at, so that I can focus my attention on the human workings of Firefly — facilitating, writing, listening, and growing this.
Change can be scary, but I’m giddy today, writing this.
I’m excited about so many parts of it.
I’m excited to be able to explore ideas again, brainstorm ways to make Firefly more fresh and expansive and generous.
I’m excited to introduce our new team member to their extraordinary co-workers, and to watch them find their place in this circle of care and creativity.
Mostly, I’m excited to run more classes, see more clients, and spend more time back around tables writing with others. That’s what this has always been about for me and I miss it so, so much.
So! We are on the hunt for a loving and logical human who understands deeply what we’re doing, who thinks in systems, and who easily creates order out of chaos.
This is a person who understands the importance of community care and doing things differently, can turn big ideas into doable checklists, and then start checking things off.
They want to be part of this tremendous group of humans — the team and the whole community — and step into their own form of contribution and service to them.
We’re calling it an “Operations Lead.”
We would love your help to spread the word.
Our community is our superpower — a vast, bright-lit web of connections spreading outward. We’re pretty sure our ideal candidate is just an email or two away.
Share this webpage or share the job calls on Instagram or Facebook.
Applications close late night on October 8th.
OK if I’m honest — part of this is about mortality.
Right now, Firefly would struggle to outlast me. Too much of our foundation and too many of our systems only live in my head. I want to change that, so that this is our community, our practices, our common good.
I’ll steer the ship for as long as I am able (which I hope is a long, long time) but I really hope I’m making something wider than my little human lifespan.
That’s the big dream.
Thank you for holding it with me.
In it with you,
