Note: This is the fifth in a month-long exercise called Reverb10, where bloggers reflect on the year before and think towards the year ahead. The idea is to post daily, based on the day’s prompts; let’s see how well I do.
December 5: Let Go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why?
Many, many ideas that kept me from going back to school. The feeling that I had to keep running a business or else I’d be a “failure.” My gall bladder (gotta love that, right?). RELATED: my yoga practice – which I want to get back.
There were people, things, and concepts that I dropped this year; some for carefully calculated reasons – and others just because I had reached my breaking point. As 2011 inches closer, I have a feeling that more things will end up shaking off my plate. I’m not sure what they’ll be yet, but it’s nice to be in a place where growth is happening.
For my own perspective, I created this today: an infographic timeline of my education and career for the past 20 years. I’d been thinking about this since the Boston Chamber of Commerce meeting last Wednesday, when the Marketing VP at Bank of America shared the story of the circuitous route she took to where she is today, in charge of one of the largest banking brands in the world. Her message, which I took to heart, was that it’s not always clear at the outset where you’ll end up, but the point is to look at the opportunities, and jump on them.
A brief history of the last 20 years. Click to embiggen.
As a college theatre student in the mid-90s, I never thought I’d get into design. As a print designer in the early 2000s, I never dreamed I’d be into web design. And although I always knew I’d run my own business someday, I didn’t think it would actually happen until I was already doing it. None of it was planned in any real way; it happened because that was the opportunity I was presented with.
Yep, that’s about all I can say about that.
