Category Archives: Work

Back in Action!

Now that I’m all renewed and refreshed following my travel sabbatical, I’m getting back down to business. Right now, my plan is to formally apply for work by the end of November. In the meantime, I’m continuing with info interviews to narrow down my areas of interest and compile an employer target list. I’m kinda toying with a few ideas:

* communications work for a foundation
* project management for a start up
* my own web consulting biz
* communications/web work for ranches or horse-related businesses and orgs

I had a really helpful meeting last week with a lady who does communications work at the Hewlett Foundation. The Foundation funds a ton of projects in the areas of environment, education, women’s health, and performing arts (all my big causes!) She really enjoys the work and loves the culture, so I’m going to explore this further by talking with some other peeps at other foundations in the area.

In the personal growth arena, I’m trying to incorporate some new daily habits: I have been hot tubbing and  meditating every morning for the last 10 days. I’m hoping that one of these days the meditation will just click, and I’ll feel the magic. Also, I’ve been continuing with my cooking. That’s actually going surprisingly well. I’m even seeing a difference in my kitchen and seasoning skills, and my friends say my beef strogonaff is the best they’ve eaten!

Oh, and I started a new course on Coursera: Intro to Marketing by some profs at UPenn. I am learning SO much. I cannot say enough about Coursera: after suffering years of learning burnout from school and formal education, learning is fun again.

First Day of Freedom

In early August, I put in my notice at work. Yup, after six years, I just wasn’t feeling the love anymore and rather than allow myself to plummet into the depths of despair, I decided to nip that shit in the bud. I had deliberated for months, and in the end, this just had to be done. I was finished, and I had to call the end of the game. I gave ’em three weeks, and then I was out. I have nothing lined up next. What can I say, desperate times, desperate measures.

For my time off (I’m anticipating a couple of months), I’m aiming to get back to basics. I’m returning to activities that I enjoy, activities that nourish the soul. That’s where this new blog comes in: you see, I’ve actually been blogging for a long while. I first started waay back in 2003 when the hubs and I moved overseas to Shanghai. Through the blog, we chronicled our incredible, awesome adventures abroad. When we returned Stateside in 2006 and moved to California for a new job opportunity, I continued to blog our re-assimilation to American life (and everything after). Now, ten years later, it’s time for a blog reinvention. The previous blog was written under a pseudonym. This time, I’m coming out with a new blog filed under my name. I’m excited to see where this all goes.

So without my usual fanfare :), I will say that my first day of freedom is pretty damn packed. Yeah, I know, I should really pace myself considering this free time gig is lasting indefinitely, but sometimes I just can’t help it. There’s too much to do… even if I’m not committed to clocking in my hours somewhere official. That’s right: leave it to me to allot my hours. 🙂

Anyway, I just finished setting up this new blog from scratch (Hover domain registration, Bluehost hosting, WordPress install), and I’m thrilled that after combing through 800+ freebie themes, I came across this cowgirl theme on the very last page!! Yeehaw!!

Welcome to my inaugural post. I hope this blog will make you laugh, cry, scream, rant, rave, groan, overthink (like me), and feel a wealth of emotions! Why not? After all, this is where I’ll lay it all down. Come join me on my next adventure into the scary but alluring unknown.