Mr. Sharr -- please update us on your work/scout leader life balance

[Dottleshead ★]

About a year ago (two?) you posted a a forum topic about whether you should continue working for a startup and/or drop your Boy Scouts commitment.  I'm to lazy to search for it but I'm curious what, if any, decision you made on that or if you just remained in your little hell hole?  I think you were talking about scaling your commitment to the Scouts back of if you should go work somewhere else that didn't demand your work investment.  

 

What did you do, what happened, and what are you like now?!?

[jsharr ★]

Work has gotten better after the IPO.  Having money in the bank reduced the stress.  Hired a CFO, so I have a boss, who is quite hands off, but we are upgrading out banking and accounting software and there are some growing pains.  Handed off HR to a PEO service, which I sitll oversee, but they do the heavy lifting and I just approve the payrolls, etc. 

Entering into my last year as Scoutmaster.  Working on recruiting my replacement to shadow me over the next year.   Have to sit down with the youth leadership and set up the calendar and patrols for next year sometime in July.   It has been stressful at times, but I have a great team of adult leaders supporting me.  Probably the best job I have ever had.

I think all the stresses of Covid topped off with taking the company public just hit at once, but things are normalizing and I am much more relaxed.

Thanks for asking.