Heart 2.0

I guess I couldn't let Matt have all the fun in getting a new job. I have accepted a job offer to go back to American Heart Association.

I wasn't looking for a new job and was content with Silicon Valley Community Foundation. But one of the execs from Heart reached out to me on LinkedIn wondering if I would be interested in talking to her about a position opening in the Silicon Valley office.

I reminded her that when I left Heart I was deemed not rehireable anymore for not giving a 30-day notice because I had to start at Primary Children's in three weeks for their Festival of Trees event. She said if I was interested in the position, they would be willing to consider my prior work and look past that.

I let her know I was quite happy in my role and not looking to leave but I was curious to see what position she was suggesting. She sent me a job description for Senior Business Development Director of the Silicon Valley Heart Walk and I was intrigued.
I decided to meet the local executive director and learn more about the role. I mean I definitely know all about the Heart Walk - having worked on it in San Diego and Utah - but never in a senior role and not here in Silicon Valley. I was excited about the opportunity to supervise another staff member and learn how to be a good manager.

After several interviews, I was offered the position and was left with a very big decision. Stay in a place where I am comfortable but not personally aligned with their mission or go back to a more stressful job promoting a cause I am quite passionate about. 

I prayed continually to try to decide what was going to be best for me, for Matt and for our family, especially with all the anxiety of going back to a job that had caused me a lot of anxiety towards the end. Matt, being the amazing husband he is, said he would support me in either role.

I took my offer back to my current boss to help me figure it out but after a day of crunching numbers trying to figure out a way to promote me and keep me at SVCF, she couldn't guarantee anything and mentioned that she could not compete with this career-changing opportunity. I knew she was right and as we spoke I felt surprisingly peaceful about it.

So I left that day and accepted the position with American Heart... So in a matter of just 1 month, Matt has started his new job with Google, I will leave SVCF and return to AHA and we will move into a new place, potentially switching to a new ward (church congregation).

What an adventure!