For the First Time…

1. I started walking the dog, pushing toddler in the stroller, and nursed baby in sling all at the same time. I laughed at myself as I walked past a car and saw my reflection. I was flashing a side boob. But the dog was driving me crazy. The toddler needed to go go go. So I went went went. Ha!

2. I made shepherd’s pie, which required making mashed potatoes Not From a Box. I’ve never done that before.

3. I’m going to try and make it work Working for Myself/the family. This is a big step. For the first time in my life, though, I feel like I’m making choices based on things I want to do, not on the easy things I know I CAN do without too much trouble. That’s a big change. I realized recently that many of my past decisions have been about avoiding failure, and I’ve lied to myself and others about my motivations, making them seem much more lofty than “I was scared of the competition of theater, so that’s why I didn’t pursue an acting career” - or “I was scared of being separated from my partner, too much so to go get a teaching job after grad school” - things like that.

I’m still pretty scared, but this time I’m being honest about it - and I’m going to try to move ahead with what I want to do anyway.

Help Your Career - Post to this Blog

Okay, maybe not this one, but according to an article I just read, branding yourself online is the way to go with finding a job, which includes the following:

• Review books at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com that are relevant to your area of expertise.
• Submit articles to article banks and web portals that relate to your functional area/passion.
• Claim your profile or start one at ziggs.com, zoominfo.com and ziki.com. They are free.
• Post comments to blogs that are relevant to how you want to me know.
• Of course, for most people, having a blog is the ideal way.

I don’t know about you, but this sounds like a lot of BORING work - sometimes I just want to read something without having to comment or review it, you know? Just the reading part takes a lot of time.

Still, notice what I’m doing right now…