Friday morning coffee and another connection made in the community. This morning I had the pleasure of meeting the Chief Executive Officer for the Tacoma-Pierce County chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
Maureen Fife was gracious enough to meet with me to discuss the changes that have happened in the local human services arena. It was great to discover so many mutual connections and hear about the great work that Habitat for Humanity is doing in my community.
I am looking forward to continuing to meet new people as I strike out on this new venture, and just as excited to reconnect with people from my human services employment and volunteer past. As the camp song goes, "make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold".
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
A day of firsts
Today has been a celebration of new beginnings for me. With the creation of my first blog, my first website and my first time at a wonderful networking event called "Jazzy June".
These three events are destined to help me promote my new consulting business. While I have worked on a contract basis for the last year and a half, this is a major step for my professional life. I am not counting out finding permanent employment, but am enjoying the flexibility that contract work has provided me.
As I take these first steps in a new direction, I want to credit some people who have been helpful and very encouraging: Candace Brown (goodlifenw@blogspot.com) and Joe Follansbee (mhnblog@blogspot.com). Both are writers and fellow tall ship enthusiasts and are inspirations for me as I begin to also start writing as part of my day of "firsts".
So for everyone who has thought about trying something new, I encourage you to begin. All it takes it a first step, the rest will start to follow and before you know it, you are walking tall.
These three events are destined to help me promote my new consulting business. While I have worked on a contract basis for the last year and a half, this is a major step for my professional life. I am not counting out finding permanent employment, but am enjoying the flexibility that contract work has provided me.
As I take these first steps in a new direction, I want to credit some people who have been helpful and very encouraging: Candace Brown (goodlifenw@blogspot.com) and Joe Follansbee (mhnblog@blogspot.com). Both are writers and fellow tall ship enthusiasts and are inspirations for me as I begin to also start writing as part of my day of "firsts".
So for everyone who has thought about trying something new, I encourage you to begin. All it takes it a first step, the rest will start to follow and before you know it, you are walking tall.
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