The Next Right Thing

A Note From Our Publisher

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In March of 2017, my middle daughter—15 years old at the time—was diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer). In an instant, life changed for our family—a new normal, as they say, set in. As we waded into the battle, a battle we eventually won, we learned the absolute need to focus on doing “the next right thing.”

Focusing on the big picture, dreaming about her being cured or worrying about her dying, were counter-productive. The best thing—the only thing—that worked was making micro-decisions, and moving forward with treatment one minute, one second, one step at a time. Eventually, we put enough of those steps together and ended up out of the hospital, out of physical therapy and onto a new life.

I think the same approach works for all of us as we face the unknowns of a pandemic—COVID-19. For our part here at Parks & Rec Business, we think our “next right thing” is to collate information from all of you on how your community is fighting this fight and share that information with the rest of the parks and rec world. The idea, as always, is simple—let’s share what’s working, what’s not and what we’re thinking about doing to make all of our jobs, collectively, a bit easier.

More important, if we all keep doing the next right thing, the day we wake up to a pandemic-free world might come just a bit faster.

So, if you can, take a moment to email our editor at christine@northstarpubs.com or leave a comment below with ideas we should share with the rest of the parks and recreation community or questions you would like us to try and answer.

In the meantime, good luck to you and your loved ones as you shelter in place and help us flatten the curve of this disease.

Sincerely,

Rodney J. Auth
|Publisher