It’s professional  #goal -setting time of year. As I embarked on listing what I wanted to accomplish I reflected on a recent workday spent chaperoning a school field trip. Personally, I have always left vacation days in my back pocket rather than using them. A habit born part necessity, part (self & perceived) expectation, part potential payout when leaving the job and part privilege resulting from my wife being able to be home for the kids. Then, like many, the pandemic changed my perspective. I went from over a hundred flights a year to nearly none. I connected more deeply with my family and strengthened our bond. The opportunity costs of nights away revealed themselves in subtle ways. So, a couple of months ago when my daughter said her AP Art History class needed chaperones to go to Atlanta’s  High Museum of Art  - I offered to go. That’s how I got to my “vacation day.” Where I learned three things… That is how this post started, but on the bus ride back it change...