{"id":28385,"date":"2012-05-29T12:21:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T17:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulbatz.com\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2012-05-29T12:21:08","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T17:21:08","slug":"will-you-help-us-recover-from-a-joy-hangover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/will-you-help-us-recover-from-a-joy-hangover\/","title":{"rendered":"Will you help us recover from a Joy hangover?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ben Batz, Magna Cum Laude, Gustavus Class of 2012, with Mom and Dad<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

This past Sunday my son, Benjamin Paul Batz, graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College. What joy! Ben is our first child…our first to earn the gold coin and pass “Go.” Just as fine champagne livens up the party…the hangover the next day causes appropriate self-reflection.<\/p>\n

This morning, Ben’s mother and I are realizing the gold coin has two sides — one side is bright and shiny, and the other a shadow. The shiny side reflects our feelings of pride, success and satisfaction. Pride: he is befriended by many and left his mark on the college. Success: our son who always questioned his capabilities as a student, graduated Magna Cum Laude!\u00a0 Satisfied: he is prepared and eager to improve the world.<\/p>\n

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Ben, with sisters Anna (left) and Katie, who will be a Gustavus graduate next year<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

In the shadow, we are finding emotions of mild shock and sadness.\u00a0 Shock: how is it possible these four years of college went so fast?\u00a0 “It goes so fast,”<\/em> is the ultimate, all-too-often repeated parenting cliche.\u00a0 Damn it’s true!…even if it’s easy to explain. Over the past four years, we’ve been busy growing a business, investing in our community, building friendships, traveling and enjoying parenting.\u00a0 We don’t take the time to count the days, we only notice when the milestones race by.\u00a0 College graduation is a biggie.<\/p>\n

And we’re slightly sad: we will miss his concerts and pizza with his buddies — his friends are our friends too.\u00a0 And we will miss the sense of safety and security — both physical and emotional — that comes from being fully woven into a small college community.\u00a0 It’s probably our sense of safety and security<\/em> we are mourning.<\/p>\n

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All packed up at 7:30AM the day after graduation<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

And maybe we’re feeling a little injustice — we poured our hearts into raising a strong, respectful, magnetic child…and our reward?\u00a0 He left us again!\u00a0 Go figure.\u00a0 Less than 24 hours after his graduation ceremony, we put him on a plane for Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp in Kalispell, Montana.\u00a0 (We’re home unloading his stuff, and he’s sunbathing in the west valley of Glacier National Park.)<\/p>\n

One of my mentors freely offers this phrase about his role as a leader and a parent: “It just keeps getting better.”\u00a0 Today, I’m trusting that he’s right. Because at the moment it’s a spaghetti bowl of emotions: proud, successful, shocked, sad, satisfied…and hungover from so much joy.<\/p>\n

Good leaders accept the conflicting emotions of the important moments in our personal and professional lives.\u00a0 And we expect things will just keep getting better.<\/p>\n

Drop me a note if you know what I’m talking about…or if you have an antidote for our Joy hangover.[\/fusion_builder_column][\/fusion_builder_row][\/fusion_builder_container]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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