The Reluctant Blogger

Okay, first a confession.  I’m not really very good at this…not the writing, the being out here, alone, all by myself, feeling naked.  I am not a forefront person.  I have trouble accepting compliments and I love to be anonymous. 

My background is as a television producer – not Hollywood, Boston sports – I put together scripts and graphics and edited video for others to tell you about.  It was my work, but I never presented it.  Once I left television I worked in marketing.  Once again I created lots of content…newsletter articles, bylines, marketing copy, website content, speaking presentations…but again no one ever knew it was mine…it was attributed to CEOs, VPs and the general company voice.

So now here I am – all on my own – speaking for myself and starting my own business.  It’s thrilling and terrifying.

I launch my new business at a conference in a couple of weeks and just spent about a half-hour complaining to my husband about my laptop’s inability to play DVDs.  Why do I care about that particular issue?  I don’t really, but I am travelling with a 2 year old next week and hey an hour of Curious George goes a long way on an airplane.  Really what I care about is all the decisions I still need to make, have made, want to rethink, want more advice on.

I’m hyperventilating a bit and I know rationally it’s silly.  Until today I was pretty sane and calm.  Quit my job – no problem.  Have nothing to do all summer – excellent.  Start my own business – piece of cake…until now.

I know it will all work out fine, and hey if not I just need to go find a job or *gasp* become a stay a home mom (the hardest job in the world by far…I’m not up to it.)  I know I’m up to the challenge of this business and have always been able to manage biting off more than I can chew , professionally.  It’s time to do it again.  Here goes….