Most of the time, I like to think and/or pretend that I have some sense of what’s going on in my life, not only right now but in the (at least) near future, as well. Lately, my life has reminded me, yet again, that I have no $&% clue! I am now in the process [...]
“Bee” You Out Loud
Bees are well-known for their communications skills, and researchers have spent many hours studying how bees pass on messages to their fellow drones. It has been discovered that the waggle dance is how worker bees let the others know where to find food. Encoded somewhere in that performance, bees can interpret the directions to find [...]
How We Spend Our Days: Adjusting My Social Media Balance
Dear Twitter: We’ve spent some good times together. And there are still times I need you. Times I want you. But you’re too demanding of my time, my energy. I’m leaving you – at least for a trial separation. Yes, there’s Facebook, but I’m thinking of leaving Facebook, too. I need more time for me. [...]
Feeling Fearless and Fierce
It’s official . . . I am “unemployed” . . . and I am feeling fearless and fierce in that reality and statement. Friday was my last day at a “real job,” and I am now actively, excitedly, fearlessly, fiercely on my path in my own businesses and as my own boss. I suspect that I [...]
Silencing the Voices in My Head
There they are again … those voices in my head that want to drag me down. They’ve been showing up a lot lately, tormenting me with hateful questions and comments like: Who am I fooling? Who do I think I am, thinking I could ever accomplish something like that? Why would anyone listen to ME? What makes ME [...]
How Do You Do It?
I missed my risk entry this month. Totally missed it. Two days later, I noticed. This isn’t supposed to happen. I should be able to handle all my commitments. I don’t really have all that many. I’ve pared down to the minimum. There’s the kid — enough said about that — and then there’s the [...]
It’s not me, it’s you.
I went to see a consultant whose job it is, through her employment at a state organization, to advise small business owners on marketing and other business building strategies. I had worked with her previously, much earlier in my process of becoming an entrepreneur. At the time, I didn’t get much value from the interactions, but I chalked it up to one of several things: how “green” I was, what an unprepared client I was, or something to that effect. In other words, I made it my fault. When I went back to see her, being anything but green, I was hoping for a better result. However, at the end of our most recent interaction, I felt even less assisted than last time. And, to say the least, I felt more frustrated and misunderstood.
Grow
My job over the past year has been full of growth and learning brand new skills – I am building computer based learning classes and am learning how to use video and other media to be creative and interactive. Last week, I was given an award of ‘excellence’ at work for the online classes I [...]
Water Wings & Cheerleaders
My usual blog day is the 15th, and my last entry was titled Swim or Sink. At that time, I was curled up in a fetal position, drifting in an ocean of tension and distress, depressed, terrified, lonely, and feeling my available choices were really no choices at all. Afraid of drowning emotionally, I reached [...]
