Blogs for Every Business

Current Status...Ok, I'm sleeping better. I guess I'm getting my new life restructured. And I kinda like it. Working out a new idea about writing blogs for businesses that can't be bothered but would be better off blogging than not blogging ;-) Blogs attract search spiders better than most Web sites. New bus. Web sites should be accompanied by a blog that gives information and establishes a relationship with people. 

Lately I'm thinking... It's desperately important to work at something I'm excited about and enjoy doing.

This is really interesting... When things are bad, and they really are bad, it's a good time to be doing good. That sounds flip, but it's true. Let's help everyone who's out of work and wants to be self-employed start their own nifty little business.

Currently watching... Between fixations/magnificent obsessions at this point in time, but caught Yes Man, with Jim Carrey. Normally, I don't watch him or Adam Sandler, but this movie is from a book, is well written and is about stuff that interests me, namely opening myself to opportunites. Recommended.

The Soapbox: Time is running out for us Boomers. We need to be doing things that are fun and that are important to us! Now's an excellent time.

Do Something You Love to Do

Current Status...Ok, I'm sleeping pretty well. I guess I'm getting my new life restructured. And I kinda like it. Working out a new idea about writing blogs for businesses that can't be bothered but would be better off blogging than not blogging ;-)

Lately I'm thinking... It's desperately important to work at something I'm excited about and enjoy doing.

This is really interesting... When things are bad, and they really are bad, it's a good time to be doing good. That sounds flip, but it's true. Let's help everyone who's out of work and wants to be self-employed start their own nifty little business.

Currently watching... nothing. Between fixations/magnificent obsessions at this point in time.

The Soapbox: Time is running out for us Boomers. We need to be doing things that are fun and that are important to us! Now's an excellent time.

New Words From the Workaholic

Here I am, out of work for a week, and I have so much to do, I haven't found time to blog. What's so busy-making? I signed on to FaceBook, LinkedIn and Twitter; over many days, I built a professional profile on LinkedIn. Now I have to check the darn things, at least every other day. When I check them, there are messages to reply to, new "tweets" to craft, "walls" to write on and comments to make. Then there are the recommendations. You write one for a friend, he/she writes one for you.

What else? Internet job sites to check. Online applications, which take hours, especially because I'm on Mac rather than PC browsers. Duh, all I have to do with my MacBkPro is switch over to the Windows side of the hard drive. From there I can use Chrome and Explorer and Word.

But then I need to get my pics transferred over to that drive, too. I'm sure there are at least three simple ways to do that. Should I try to think of them or just hope for the best with MobileMe?

And, I am having a hard time remembering all my usernames, the ones that don't consist of my e-mail address. For some reason, on an online job application, I used a different e-mail address, and I have to remember that. I've been profligate in my use of variations on a basic username. I keep password options to 2-3, but which did I use where? When the dialog box comes up to ask if I want the computer to remember my password, I have to say no because I'm not sure I've put the right one in. Some sites will clue you in to your username, others just assume you know that much. Some send your password, but most give you a new one that you'll have to take time to change -- like the Scottish word for goat stomach stuffed with oatmeal. Can you tell I'm frustrated?

But I am busy, and there's much to be said for that! Busy-ness keeps me from utter wackness. And I haven't even gotten to my list of creative projects: poetry, music, new websites...

Here's to busy-ness to keep the heebeejeebs away -- to remain in the domain of hope, to stave off the illusion that is fear.

Turned Down in the Downturn

Status... Virtually laid off. Let me explain. On Tuesday, March 24 I was laid off by corporate edict, with two weeks notice, along with the other freelancers in the Global Marketing Services division of Towers Perrin. Nobody saw it coming. We'd heard nothing about company losses. My bosses were as shocked as I was. They were very sorry, but there was nothing to be done.

I can tell you how it feels: like dying and coming back to haunt your old life. Everything looks odd and out of perspective. Your brain is deadened. Your heart stops feeling anything, to protect you.

Lately I'm thinking... Now, more than a week later, I've been anxious, sleepless, angry, hurt and sad. I liked my job, and how often does that happen? But at the same time, positivity was sneaking through: Wow, freedom. I'll be able to see Spring this year first hand, something that means a great deal to me. I'll lose the evil commute over the bridge just before they start putting the steel plates from hell back on the road surface for maintenance. I'll have time to lend a hand with Stuart's new business.

This is interesting... The first thing I did, after crying, was succumb to some dumb Internet scam (something like, "Bob's Money Blog"). Pay $2 for shipping, get a kit to make $60K from home on your computer. I always spot scams, just not that day. Then, due to several emotional downturns, it took me six more days to cancel the damn thing. (After seven days, they start charging $80 a month to your card for "using their software." That was pure desperation -- the powerful urge to FIX IT RIGHT NOW, followed by lowered self-esteem: I should pay for being so dumb).

Currently watching... One lonely purple crocus among the yellows, the forsythia's popping out, the tulip leaves are up. I'll have to go see if the peonies are doing anything yet. Oh, a Demitri Martin Special. He's brilliantly funny in concert!

The Soapbox: So, along with the changes of Spring, it seems to be time for me to reinvent myself again. What will be my new career? Something around digital marketing, Web content and social networking... and telling my story. I'll keep you posted.