It’s a Nike job.
May 17, 2008 by openingupshop
Wow. I admit I didn’t think I was going to have people paying attention to my little blip on the tubes — at least not for some time. (Obvious yet I don’t know what I’m doing?) I realized this at 11 a.m. while enjoying my lazy morning. I had canceled a job interview late the night before; it was the second round of interviewing, so I knew they were interested. I just simply was not interested in them. Going against all job searching advice (”No matter what, you want the offer,” my aunt the career HR director stressed), I emailed Stevie Nicks* (my interviewer) and lied that I had accepted a position with another company. It felt great.
Anyway, a multitude of questions popped into my head: where is this blog going? Will the business be successful? Will the journey be interesting? Have my thoughts been said many times before by others? If so, will my rendition of these ideas add anything to the discussion? I choked, and ignored brainstorming and the blog in general all day. I’ve always been a lurker, and publishing my thoughts about anything online never appealed to me.
While winding down this evening, I read this article. I’m a new subscriber to Penelope Trunk’s blog and found this comment the most useful to my situation:
“Just get started. You cannot learn about social media by talking about it. You have to do it. So here’s the advice I give to you, and to myself when I worry that I’m doing Twitter the wrong way: There are no mistakes. There are just ways that make good connections and ways that don’t. Experiment to find the ways that do. And all time is well spent when you are searching for ways to express yourself and make connections. After all, what are we doing here, on earth, if not that?”
Although she’s referencing Twitter, her comment is very relevant to blogging. Her conviction is convincing, and it evoked the passionate and righteous feeling I get when giving someone a piece of, admittedly, very good advice.
So I’m just gonna go for it. I’m excited about what I’m going to learn during this project and all of the different opinions and ways of thinking I’ll get to experience. We have the support of some friends and family — we actually haven’t told everyone our ideas yet, but it’s a good start.
* A dead ringer!
