How often do you pause & look back on the path that brought you to where you’re at? Do you assess the challenges that you overcame or feel thankful for the events that brought you to this point?
People around me realize pretty quickly that I’m high energy & that I’m always planning, doing & evaluating. But I do have reflective moments too. Yesterday morning our lake was starting to freeze over & I wanted to share this photo. It is a reminder that Minnesota is heading into winter. (But we really don’t slow down – we just move faster!)
So what was I thinking about?
My new job as Community Manager with ACDSee
- 7 weeks in & I’m really enjoying the challenges that I create
- that sounds odd, but I am creating my own work!
- the ACDSee team is supportive across all levels & I’m learning a lot!
- working remotely has tech challenges, but I’m enjoying it
- (now that I have Outlook in my own timezone, it really helps! *grin*)
- being self-motivated makes it easy to get things done
- have a routine now for working projects, email & phone calls
- lots of phone conference calls isn’t ideal, but I’m adjusting
- they do allow me to multitask which would be difficult in-house
Networking & blogging
- This blog has only been up 2 months & it seems like ages!
- thank you to all of my readers! you totally make my day!!
- 62 posts with 133 comments
- I’m addicted to blogging & writing to 3
Loving Twitter & Facebook – invaluable!
Speaking at the Facebook conference in less than a month!
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- yikes! I need to plan what I’m going to wear – soon!
- but excited to meet people in real life
Have a weekly routine now
- Because my husband works weekends, we needed a plan
- Monday nights we go out for dinner, groceries & 99 cent movies
- This allows us to have food in the house
- Who needs to eat when I’m loving my work?
- I do like to cook, so the hurdle is just to buy it
Anticipating travel – which is my dream
- Upcoming trip to ACDSee home offices in Victoria, BC
- We’ll be taking a roadtrip this time exploring the island
- Conference in Seattle – I’m looking forward to the great food!
- Phoenix, AZ in January – Grand Canyon & a hot air balloon ride
- CHA in Anaheim in February – the BIG trade show!
- ACDSee will be networking with digiscrappers & magaziene editors
- Europe in late spring – should it be London/Paris or Norway/Sweden?
This is an incredible adventure. I can’t use past tense because I don’t view it as over yet – in fact I feel like it’s just beginning which is very exciting. I am SO thankful for all of you who have supported me, encouraged & inspired me! Please let me know what I can do for you?
Keep it up, Connie, and you’re going to become my e-mentor. :-)
I’ve been working remotely/from home since late August. I was looking for a new job after 8 years at National Instruments because my wife and I decided it was time to relocate from Austin to Ohio to be closer to her family. I was wildly fortunate to hook up with Bulldog Solutions, in that they were willing to have me work remotely and commute back to Austin once/month. I spent the summer on-site and then moved in August.
It’s definitely been an adjustment on many fronts, but I have the added benefit of working at a company that is embracing Web 2.0 on every front. So, for instance, I know that my boss, who was traveling in from Belgium, arrived in town sick and (hopefully) will feel better soon. I know our HR manager took a trip up to Dallas this weekend. So, online media is helping with the “social” aspects of the work environment. At the same time, we’re working to use social media for Marketing.
Your musings in this post really resonated with me. An “incredible adventure” indeed!
For me it was a natural progression into social media, when I first started tweaking web sites for optimized results on Google. A big plus is Im all passionate about technology and I bet I can do this for the rest of my life.
Woah… the lake view looks FANTASTIC…sure beats the skyscrapers I see everyday! Nothing beats creation.
Hey Tim,
Karma eh? How about if we mentor each other?
And your co Bulldog Sol’ns is great! The webinars have been very helpful! I’m glad that you have the opportunity to work remotely too. We can compare notes on the speed bumps. :) Enjoy your journey!
David,
You ARE a natural! Let’s keep asking questions & we’ll get somewhere. :) And yes the lake is part of the joy of working remotely.
Really good and really interesting post. I expect (and other readers maybe :)) new useful posts from you!
Good luck and successes in blogging!