See you in July
I started this blog last August for several reasons.
First because I wanted a place where I could project a more professional face to the internet. Next because I love writing, and I wanted to try my hand at this blogging thing. And lastly, because I wanted a way to answer everyone who asked me "how do you do all this?". I wanted to chronicle this crazy journey and discover new things for myself.
So far, I've written a lot of posts that I'm really proud of, and I've heard some great feedback from you out there. I'm so grateful, and I've had a lot of fun so far.
If there's one thing that I preach at this blog, it's prioritizing. Know your goals, prioritize, and get it done.
This is one of those moments where I have to prioritize.
May 10th marks the two-month countdown to my wedding day. I have a lot to accomplish between now and then. I am really not sure how this is going to go down, but I get the feeling that I need to brace for a lot of frantic activity.
Therefore, I'm scaling back my internet life for the next two months, and Mind Management falls under that category. I'll probably still find moments to clatter away at the keyboard, and I have LOTS of ideas that you can look forward to when I get back in July.
Here's a preview:
- A "Know Thyself" series, where I will help you discover what makes YOU tick, and how to use that to your advantage.
- Techniques to manage stressful situations and anxiety
- Networking Do's and Don'ts
- Getting more BANG for your effort BUCK
- A "Creativity Cycle" series, where I describe each phase of the cylce and introduce techniques to keep yourself moving forward at every stage
I'd love to hear what you think of these ideas, and also other ideas or concepts that you've read here and you'd like me to expand upon.
I'm still working to discover the "voice" of this blog, and I could use something to mull over in the next two months.
In the meantime you will be able to find me on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/angelamelick
And I'm going to do my darndest to keep updating Wasted Talent: http://www.wastedtalent.ca
So, thank you so much for reading, I will see you soon!
May 11th, 2010 - 20:48
How many times I thought by myself: How much more can she write? To be honest, I expected this blog, as many unfortunately do, to decline somewhere in the near future. With the preview given above, I’m up and excited again. I am really looking forward to read those articles! At the moment, there’s just one more idea coming to my mind, but I’m afraid its the article you cannot write (yet): When you have children, how do you adapt all your rules and plannings?
Anyway, take your time! I really like reading this blog, and I’ll miss it. But I’d rather read a well designed article less often than a cloud of cluttered words by schedule. Somehow, your decision to focus on more important tasks for some time makes this blog even more valuable to me. It may be old-fashioned, but I really believe in things like responsibility and credibility. And it’s most responsible to recognize one’s stretching to thin, and to do something about it.
Arrg, this was meant to be a two-sentence comment. Gotta hurry – Short version: I appreciate your decision. I love your blog. I wish you good luck for your wedding. And please come back with one of your fabulous articles in July
May 17th, 2010 - 14:30
Well, Jan, it will hopefully be several years before that will happen. I’m glad you like it so far!
May 12th, 2010 - 03:24
Hey Jan! Thank you for stating my mind so clearly. I could not say it better, but I think and feel exactly the same about Angela and this blog.
Know what are the important things in your life, and your wedding is for sure among them… It happens usually only once (with some luck
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What is sad is that on the D Day, everything happens so fast that you don’t really enjoy it fully. Moreso if you’ve done a lot of planning yourself, you usually end up rather stressed out when that day arrives. Anyway, that’s what happened to me…
I wish you the best luck Angela.
May 17th, 2010 - 14:31
Thanks, I hope it goes okay!
May 13th, 2010 - 18:29
Good luck with the wedding planning! I hope the big day goes well and you’ll be able to truly enjoy it
I really enjoy reading your blogs and comics and I’m looking forward for the blog to be back with the mentioned topics in July. As a soon-to-be college grad with no direction in life, I’m really interested in the Know thyself and the Networking blogs. Based on your previous blogs, I think they will be very helpful to me in the future. I can only hope you will get around to publishing those after your wedding.
May 17th, 2010 - 14:32
Thanks Regina, good luck with graduation. In the meantime, you might be interested in the Ideal Day post. http://www.angelamay.ca/index.php/2009/10/goal-setting-ideal-day/