Letting Go of My "Baby"

So far our group has been doing a stellar job. We are blending all our individual work well together and all seem to be pulling our own weight thus far. We have met three times as a group, the first to discuss topic choice, the second to discuss resources and preliminary research, and the third to blend our individual pieces for our proposal. It has not been difficult to find a meeting time outside the scheduled class time. I found the scheduled class time was a very productive time for our group because we all had to have that time frame free for class anyway. I would love to see more sessions like that.

One thing about the project that I will admit is that I was a bit surprised when I wasn’t the one to propose our topic. I agreed to the topic without flinching but I still have my reservations. I worry that I may not be able to take a step back from the work my group members are doing. I am already invested in our project through my involvement with United Council, the state student government. This is a big undertaking for our group and something this big would usually be taken on by people experienced with policies, student government, etc. I worry that my group members might very quickly feel like they are in over their heads and not know how to swim to the surface.

In talking with our instructor about my concerns I feel more confident in our project and how I will handle letting go of my “baby”, so to speak. I also have been thinking that since my group as a whole does not intend to use our project in order to action as a group, I want to pass on the project to the right people who can use it in there efforts to make sure the revisions are lawful and fair. Therefore, I am planning on talking with the other invested individuals that will have the finished project in the future and seeing what they need from us and what they would like our group to take on. Take from their plate and make it part of our project. I have yet to clear this with my group but I don’t see any potential problems. Besides that, everything in the group is going well so far.