Unbeknownst to many, I was awarded Best Creative Writer when I was in College. It was an award for a talent that I thought I would have no use for in my chosen line of work.
Fast forward to more than 20 years later, I managed to make use of that talent for my job.
It's my responsibility to review and edit official audit responses of the units that I oversee. I would rewrite them to make them more "palatable" without losing the original intent or message.
I managed to see the result of my efforts last night. One of the units had an initial rating of deficient and we met with the auditors to discuss the results and of course, defend their process. It was grueling as it involved a lot of back and forth discussions and I had to do it alone as the resource person was out of commission. Fortunately, what I wrote down must've passed scrutiny. The unit received a pass rating.
I got an email from my boss later that evening telling us we did a good job. That was worth more than the pass rating. :)
