a day off after a busy weekend... so much happening in my life. i have a job that i like, i am being headhunted for another job and am not sure i want to make the leap. there has been so much change in my life this year. what to do? i want to pave a new way... tired of the old way. life is short, i've got that one memorized this year. this ain't no dress rehearsal. that one is pretty clear too. issues of work life balance constantly come up for me... who the hell came up with the fourty hour work week? when, once you really look at it it is more like a freakin sixty hour work week. i start counting the minute my alarm goes off cause at that point i am getting out of bed at 6 AM and it ain't cause I want to. and when i don't get home until 6 at nite... that sure looks like a 12 hour day to me. things need to change. and not just for me... why are americans such work a holics? why can't we figure out that we should work to live not live to work? why do i keep working my ass off for someone else? and then to be confronted by that nasty glass ceiling? the one where anyone with a swingin dick gets more money and faster promotions than say, someone without one.
so i was inspired this weekend... i went to the Blogher Boston Conference (http://www.blogher.com/) this weekend and was amazed at all the empowered women in the room! the whole thing was just eye opening to me. i sat and listened to how social media is changing the game when it comes to prospecting for clients or even just doing consumer research. it seems to me that one of my life dreams.... to achieve work life balance.... is not that much of a stretch.
to do list
join twitter
create and promote my new fantascios blog
let my BFF's know about my blog
become famous and rich
So I am using this as my practice blog.... and I am only going to let a few people know about it, because from what I can tell getting traffic to one's blog is somewhat of an issue. so for now i think i will use this in my favor. but please feel free to leave comments. even if you're just checkin in with me to say hi!
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- Dianne
- funny, charismatic and outgoing. at least most of the time. life has been challenging recently and I find it has changed me. getting more solid and grounded as i get older. it's a good thing.
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I couldn't agree with you more! The small company I work for has a CEO with 2 direct reports. I am one of those direct reports. The other is male. I run our commercial division and my counterpart runs the government division. Equals? Heck no! I'm the "Director of Commercial Business" he is the "Vice President of Government Business". Whadda think of that? Equal comp plans? Heck no! His base puts mine to shame! Why is this? He and I are of equal age and experience. I produce as much as he does. Yet, here I am making much less with a lesser title. Go figure!
I too am tired of working for someone else so they can live high on the hog while I work hard make ends meet. I long for the day that I truly turn my entrepreneurial spirit into a success. Maybe its just around the corner. Time will tell!
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