When you can’t remember why you are doing this work?
When the questions feel too large to answer?
When the wind has gone out of your sails?
When you don’t feel you are making any progress?
Any work of systems change requires work against the grain.
Friction.
Swimming against the flow.
And that’s the moment that you need friends, allies, colleagues in this work.
People who can see where you are at.
Recognise the pattern.
Remind you that you’re not doing it alone.
Systems change can be isolating.
Moments of doubt are part of the territory.
Which is why it’s worth figuring out in advance:
Who you’re gonna call.