I am not my blog

August 1st, 2010 → 9:45 am @ Bethany

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I am not my blog

Alrightey, so I’m sure you’re all wondering how the big NY move went.

Here’s your 10 sec, Top 10:

10. Blisters

9. Got sick — twice

8. Worked on the Times Square Forever 21 launch with Radar Entertainment (and smiled at the CEO of Forever 21!! — he smiled back!)

7. Don’t ever take a bus from Penn Station  to DC on a Saturday

6. Delicious tappas in Flat Iron district

5. Rode on a motorcycle over the Manhattan Bridge

4. Got my first business suit

3. Had my first interview

2. Learned that walking anywhere in heels in Manhattan is virtually impossible

(drum roll…) 1. Saw Keanu Reeves — my 12yo girlhood dream came true!

When I left Atlanta, I was a pretty blue girl. I mean, I was crying virtually every day. I felt so out of touch with who I thought I was supposed to be, where I thought my career should be going and who I wanted to get there with. Truth be told, I was freaking sick of my business, sick of My Voice is Strong (mostly because my voice was totally weak) and sick of trying to make a blog out of my entire life.

I spent the last year doing freelance social media consulting with small businesses; a lot of which consisted of blog consulting. I’d read hundreds of blog posts and then tell biz owners how they can increase interaction with their readers by producing great content, writing about the juicy details of life and posing thought-provoking, but not too mind-boggling, questions to incite comments.

The result?

I started looking for “blog-worthy” moments every where in my life. Before I was even having a cool moment, I was thinking, how can I blog about this? And it pretty much sucked because I was never really present with my friends, with my colleagues or with myself. It’s prolly pretty clear to everyone else that’s a bit overkill. But when you look at blogs that work and blogs that are, well, boring, the ones that rock have all the juicy details.

Nonetheless, before I left Atlanta I vowed to myself that this summer I would do what the cool kids in NYC do and go “analogue.”

I would write in my journal.

I would listen to my iPod.

I would take video, but not publish it immediately.

I would sit on the bus and not check my BlackBerry every five minutes.

I would drink a glass of wine with my boyfriend on Friday night without feeling guilty I didn’t have a job.

I would totally unplug from who I thought I was supposed to be.

So I know this blog totally sucks. It has no juicy details and it’s pretty poorly constructed in terms flow and story direction, but I guess that’s what I meant for My Voice is Strong to be in the first place.

It’s a place where it’s okay to not have everything figured out yet, it’s okay to not be perfect and most of all, it’s okay F it up every once in a while.

Hope everyone is having a fun “I am not my blog” summer :)