COO Diaries: Came In Like a Wrecking Ball September came in like a wrecking ball. This was the month I wrote the bulk of our nonprofit’s policies, pushed myself beyond my limits, and didn’t yet realize burnout was already knocking at the…

September came in like a wrecking ball. Policies, pressure, purpose — and burnout creeping in behind the scenes.
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COO Diaries: The Missing Week I don’t remember the third week of August at all. Not a moment of it. The files, edits, and emails prove I was working, but the week itself is a blank space. Burnout can creep in quietly, blurring…

The third week of August is a blank spot in my memory.
Burnout doesn’t always shout; sometimes it erases.
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Scaffolding of Safety | The COO Diaries This week was paperwork, signatures, and structure: preparing our public records, drafting policies, and building the handbooks that will hold The Asylum Project together. I felt confident and…

This week was all signatures, policies, and handbooks — the scaffolding of safety for TAP.
Burnout was rising, but poetry kept me grounded when life hit hard.
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Shadows & Signatures The second week of August was buried in paperwork and progress. I gathered signatures for the Bylaws, organized the public records folder, and wrote policies and handbooks for every corner of the…

August 2025: paperwork, progress, and the slow creep of burnout.
When life took a turn, I found myself writing poetry instead of policies.
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White-Knuckling August The first week of August was a blur. We adopted our Bylaws, held our first Board meeting, and I wrote nearly thirty policies in two weeks. I was proud—but I was also exhausted, grieving, and quietly…

August 2025: our first Board meeting, thirty new policies, and the burnout I didn’t see coming.
I thought working harder would make the grief fade. It didn’t.
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