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I’ve been working on a new business venture lately, which is why you haven’t seen an updated blog in a while. Sorry, y’all. I have a gang of topics and articles I need to write, too. (Isn’t that the rule?)

The world has been moving at 100mph for the last few days, and I’ve been running to catch up. One project has been to get my own business set up.

Yep, you heard right. I’m going out on my own as a free agent. Lucky for me, The Wife is 10000000000% supportive. His words to me, “You’re not getting any younger and why waste your time working on things you don’t have a passion for?”

I knew I married the right person!

So for now, enjoy this.

 

 

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Ch-ch-ch-changes – 9 to 5 Job Update

So you’ve noticed that I haven’t been posting as much this month. Me too! It sucks.

My professional life changed this month. I gave two weeks’ notice, left my then-job, and started a new job… with a much longer, butt-numbing commute. (Alas, my  car is 12 years old, and I really want it to make it to 200,000 miles. I’ve got 42K left to go! So no new car for me for the next year.)

During my last two weeks at the old job, I worked like a fiend to get shit done and/or updated as possible. I absolutely enjoyed working with my team there – yes, including my manager. I have been very fortunate to enjoy and respect and LIKE my hiring managers at every job I’ve held since I’ve graduated college. That’s a lot of jobs and a lot of bosses I’ve admired, respected, and still look up to.

This week is Week 2 of the new gig. I’m managing/directing the social media program for an online company that works with movies. It’s a semi-new industry for me to be in. I’d interned at a movie studio a while back during my b-school days, but it was in the marketing finance department. I’m learning the jargon and the acronyms, but sometimes not fast enough. Luckily, in the language of online marketing, we tend to use the same dictionary.

I still have blog posts to write and a couple to edit and post. On the weekends, I look at my laptop sometimes and I kind of stay away. (That said, it doesn’t mean I’m not wired. Hello, iPadasaurus.)

On the plus side, I’ve been catching up on a ton of podcasts in the car!

 

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WIRI: A New Job

I started a new job last week. I left the little PR firm and went in-house to manage social media marketing for a financial institution. No, not B of A.

First impressions – it’s corporate. I’ve never really been in a corporate environment before, and I feel like a fish out of water. OTOH, I appreciate that because it’s a “new experience.” If there’s one thing my late mentor taught me, it was to keep throwing myself in new situations and stretch myself as a professional so I can grow.

Here are some things I appreciate about this new job:

  • I love my commute. I no longer drive 1.5 hours to get to work one-way. My new commute clocks in at about 25-30 mins!
  • Social at the company is at level one so the only direction I can take them is UP!
  • There are multiple stalls and several women’s restrooms. My old colleagues can laugh about that one.
  • The team is wonderful. There are about 8 of us who manage different functions within the online marketing space.

It’s just the first week. Onward and upward!

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WIRI: Random Firsts

These may be individual posts but here some things on my mind that I would like over-share.

  1. My first ever fishing trip
  2. My first underarm waxing experience
  3. My first time to buy a second pair of running shoes
  4. My first time trying out the iFitness belt

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