Currently Loading Vol. 1

Currently Loading Vol. 1

January 2021

Welcome to our inaugural newsletter, Currently Loading, where we share thoughts, ideas and ways to navigate the process of unfolding. This month, our theme is transition.

Transition has been an ongoing theme for me over the past year. From comfort to discomfort, normal to new normal, certainty to uncertainty, the list goes on. Albeit challenging, it has also brought forth another season, expansion. An opportunity to stretch into the unknown, the growth zone.

This month I’m sharing a letter I wrote to the senior leadership team at the company I spent the last seven years building with, informing them that I was moving on. After a much needed mental break and rest, I made the difficult decision to move beyond comfort and stay in alignment with my purpose. 

While in conversation with my Life Coach, he reminded me that this was not about resignation, but about expansion. So, I’m sharing my ‘expansion letter’ in hopes that it will embolden you to leap into your purpose(s) with grace, clarity and gratitude for the lessons of what was.

Expansion Letter, September 25 2020

Hi All,

I’m writing this from a place of clarity. With deep gratitude for the time and space I’ve had over the last three months, which have carried me into this moment. While the decision to choose myself and my mental well-being was a difficult one, it was necessary for where I was, where I am and where I’m going.

I’m sure you’re wondering why I called this an expansion letter instead of a resignation letter. Resignation feels too small and too insignificant for this occasion. My experience with this company has been anything but small and insignificant.

I never expected the journey I began at 26 to carry me across cities, communities and continents. What I’ve experienced over the past seven years will be a story I’ll tell my grandchildren. Me, a Black woman who was born in Oakland, grew up in Cincinnati, and searched for a sense of belonging everywhere, finally discovered it in LA, at a members-only club.

I think back to 2013 when I joined this company and the grandest vision I had for myself was to connect more creatives, more intentionally and tell their stories. For someone who always felt like an outsider, my constant desire to create spaces where people felt like they belonged, were a part of something bigger and reminded that they mattered, remained tantamount to any business objective.

My purpose found deeper meaning through my work here. From Under 27 Membership Manager to building Fashion for Breakfast in LA, developing a new division in the company through Cities Without Houses and opening Soho House Hong Kong. I’m in awe of the opportunities, the experiences and the people I’ve met.

As I watch the world experience a massive paradigm shift, I too am shifting in the midst of what will be known as one of the most uncertain, unsettling yet most clarifying time of my life.

While this chapter has come to a close, I hope you’ll join me in my next chapter as a champion and supporter.

Thank you for believing in me.

With gratitude,
Jennifer