There are a lot of reasons for making this anonymous. I really struggled with the idea at first.
But as I watched one of my employees write a decidedly
nonymous blog about her burnout and the drudgery of working for me, I
realized just how foolish it would be to attach my name to things. After all, how can the boss talk about his
burnout.
Secondly I am growing bitter and jaded in a profession that
demands idealism, or at least the appearance of idealism. Almost every day I have occasion to tell
someone what I do and the universal response is “wow that must be
rewarding.” Now to complain of any kind
of job in todays economy seems like extreme ungratefulness, but it no longer
feels rewarding. Most days I do it
because it is all I know how to do.
Finally, although I am hardly known outside of a very small
circle, I depend on public support for much of what I do. These are not times that lend themselves to
sharing politics without losing almost precisely half of your support. If people won’t patronize restaurants when
their politics differ from that of the owner, they certainly won’t support a
nonprofit whose ideology just might be suspect to begin with.
It is not like I have the illusion that I can really
hide. If anyone wants to figure out who
writes this blog it shouldn’t be too hard.
But in past attempts at blogging my readership has consisted of my
parents and on very rare occasions, my wife, so I will take my chances. My concealment will be indifference.
