Thank you Brene

August 28, 2023

I am Brene Brown.

I am a researcher on a mission to bring awareness to the destruction of the construction industry.

I should be listened to because I have solutions to mitigate the current risks.

I wake up in the morning and read articles that help my research.

I take my kids to school and pick them up in the afternoon.

I am passionate about giving this problem a voice for others to create solutions.

I find ways to get that voice out and heard. Create awareness.

I collaborate with others that see and understand this problem.

I write about it.

I speak about it.

I go to bed knowing I'm making a difference.

I am Meggan Krase.

I am fully aware that I am not Brene Brown, that she does not do research about the destruction of the construction industry, and that her day probably looks nothing like this. This was my way of giving myself something to shoot for—a title, value. What would I be once I emerged from the goo? I hoped to be someone making a difference in a topic that means something to me. Not understanding exactly what Brene Brown does as a career yet seeing how authentic and motivated she is doing whatever she is doing, "Brene Brown" became a title I could give to what I wanted to be.

Reading this now, I realize how important it was to me to get the topic right. This wasn't the first version of "What I Want to Do," nor was it the last. There have been many versions, and each has held so much weight. So much time and effort to get them "right." Now I'm realizing that it's ok for the topic to change. The topic and my work on that topic don't give me my value. The value I bring comes from my passion and energy for the topic. I'm like a wave in the ocean pushing driftwood forward. The value exists simply because I am doing it, and I'm valuable simply because I exist. 

Thank you Brene.

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