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Looking to find my blogging voice

Little Simba sleeping
Sleeping on those blog posts.

Not really sure what to write about right now but figure it’s best to get a blog post out before I take my second GMAT practice test.

I have been missing in action lately, at least in the blogging world. Have been paralyzed by writers’ block and therefore have avoided any writing on here. I’m always active on social media, especially Twitter, considering now I participate in many more Twitter chats than before.

I use writers’ block as an excuse for the lack of blog posts when in reality I know that I have a lot to write about: I just don’t know where to start or where to focus. If you have been following my blog for some time, you remember how I spent a period of time last year blogging about career-related topics, such as the job hunt, handling conflict at the workplace, and so forth. Then, these past two years I have also taken interest in writing about local Denver companies/brands and what I love about them.

I want to continue to write about local businesses, but in terms of other topics (the career one included), I just find myself getting stuck. What do I want to be known for? Career advice? Social media? A smorgasbord of topics?

Maybe I am just putting myself into a box and doing more harm than good. I’m not sure; what are your thoughts?

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Labor Day 2014: Summer’s Unofficial End

Time ticks by constantly.
Time ticks by constantly.

My last post was mid-June, before the Summer Solstice; and now, here we are on September 1st, Labor Day, and the summer is now unofficially (officially?) over.

I started off the summer with two big changes: a new apartment and a new gig. Both have served me well over the past three months and have helped propel me towards even more positive changes.

Sometimes serendipity stumbles upon an ordinary situation and straight smacks me in the face with opportunity. That’s essentially what has happened since June and mid-July. 2014 started off with great positive light and has continued to surprise me with good fortune. I continue to stay grateful and appreciative for all that has come my way.

My social media expertise has been in more demand these days and I find myself drifting a bit from writing long form: tweets are my forte now and I tend to run from my blogging duties as you have well noticed.

While I have made promises in the past regarding a regular blogging schedule here, this time I will just simply say that I will blog as often as I can, but I cannot adhere to a schedule at this time. Sounds like a cop-out, but I find that when I make a public promise about my blogging schedule, I don’t follow through and end up disappointing myself. I’d rather this time, if I do become inspired to blog on a regular basis, that that’ll happen as a happy accident rather than something that I force myself to adhere to.

Anyway, this post was quite a rambling one, so I will just leave the post at that. Change is the only constant in life and I am excited to see where life takes me next. Stay tuned for a possible post on Wednesday (theme unknown at this point!).

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The Last Couple Months

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Well, my previous entry was about my feeling directionless, lost.

Two days after that post, I got into another car accident. Thankfully, this accident was not as big as the previous one, but I was still shaken up. Plus, this time around, there are more doctors’ appointments to tend to than in 2010. A lot of these appointments have taken up the majority of my time since late July.

I attended SXSW’s inaugural year of their V2V branch in Las Vegas last month. A new twist on the SXSW brand; and, what can I say, Las Vegas is fun. Got to see Tony Hsieh’s startup community in Downtown Vegas; met many wonderful people from Austin, Kansas City, San Francisco, New York, and even Denverites/Boulderites.

When I returned to Denver from Vegas, I was on fire to get going with several new business concepts. Since mid-August, I have been working on the concepts and am ready to get the business plans written and then executed.

Unfortunately, heavy rain fell upon Colorado last week, causing many areas to flood. My bedroom in my apartment did not fare well: my landlord and I had to remove the padding underneath the carpet and have been blowing fans on the damage since Saturday. Hopefully this will be fixed tomorrow.

Now, I am in the midst of Denver Startup Week and I have mixed feelings about the kind of press the event has received. Stay tuned for that post tomorrow.

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Directionless in Life

Umbrella for coffee. Just a random photo from my photography collection.
Umbrella for coffee. Just a random photo from my photography collection.

I feel like I have driven myself into the ground these past two weeks. That old familiar feeling: I am doing too much. I am overcommitted.

The difference this time, though: I have come to the conclusion that TAOpivot is not what I want to be doing for life.

I have not talked much about TAOpivot in the past month; I told friends that I would put the business on hold for about a month. Now, I am not sure if that will even be the case. When telling people what I do for a living, I have found that I end up mumbling my usual pitch about TAOpivot. Or, the spark has disappeared.

What am I to do next? I have kept myself busy ( and earning money!) with a few gigs with local startups in the time being. I realize I have reached my burn-out point with all the gigs floating around my head and around my work hours.

I have an idea of what I want to do next after TAOpivot, but I also am afraid of figuring out how to execute this idea.

Thus, I have been lost all weekend and today. My therapists say I should journal about this turmoil I feel; I have done so, but I have not come to any a-ha moment yet. It is hard for me to completely turn my back on what I have worked on in the past year, especially when there are still outstanding clients and prospects reaching out to me.

I just don’t care though.

That’s it, I suppose. That’s all I want to say for now.

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Nothing lyrical this time; purely updates.

My mind is spinning right now. Clearly, my usual Wednesday post has been moved off to today, Thursday.

Yes, I suppose I have reached a slight writer’s block for this week’s post, but there also have been many ideas whirling around in my mind.

One thing I would like to mention for the time being: I am the queen of winning conference passes via Twitter this year. Folks, you’d be surprised at how you, too, can also win opportunities like that, just by being more aware of who you are following.

Also, the past couple weeks I have been able to finally figure out my asking price for my writing services. Stay tuned for updates on those services, and please spread the word to your friends.

Finally, I am offering some “Pick My Brain” sessions for anyone interested. You can read more about that on a new page soon.

Off to finish the first full week of June. I can’t believe it is already June!