Life is about learning, growing, becoming, being.  I thrive on variety and new experiences.  I take chances, travel down undiscovered paths and fall into the occasional rabbit hole in search of  my Wonderland.   It scares the sh*t out of me.  Sometimes I wish I could travel down a less complicated path;  if that even exists.  All of us have our crosses to bear.  Our story is personal because we live it.  Our history shapes us.  We decide what  to take with us and what  to let go of.

I’m a ponderer of life and our experience on this journey.  Inspired and motivated by what is in my heart more than I would care to admit, really.   And yet, here I am writing what I feel.  That’s where most of my writing comes from.  Vulnerability.

When I first started that other blog it felt like a clone of social media sites on the web.  It also had a name that was associated with Connecticut and google drove me nuts with alerts.  I hated that blog.  Boy did that give me a serious case of writer’s block!  How in the hell was I gonna come up with my own ideas when I was busy writing about the newest changes on facebook or how to use google plus?  I didn’t want to regurgitate what everyone was writing about.   I can tell you who to read if you want to know the latest social media buzz.  I’ll post links and share articles on this site.  Mostly this is a place for me to write freely about my interests and what inspires me.  We’ll see how it goes.  This is my hub.

Kudos to the gurus who do write all of the tutorials and teach through their articles and videos.   I LOVE you!  I am grateful because I learn a great deal from those blogs.  I’ll probably still write an occasional “how to” article.  My point is, that by trying to follow somebody else’s formula,  I was putting myself in a box and losing my mojo.  It wasn’t working for me.

I’ve been using web 2.0 on the internet for a long time.  I was part of the original YouTube community when it was a small community.   I’ve had LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter when they were new.  I was one of the first bloggers on the Active Rain Real Estate Network and I’ve also been the editor and website manager for our local VFW for nine years.  I was on Compuserve Writers/Lifestyle forums before Time Warner sold Compuserve to AOL and I’ve created and managed several successful online communities.   When social media became the “in” thing  for businesses, it just seemed natural to me to help the small business who needed to create an online presence.  Especially those who didn’t know where to start or what to do first.   Now SM is a widespread topic all over the web and I can’t imagine anybody not knowing how to get started but if they need help there are plenty of places to search.

I’ve decided where I want to go with this.  Time to  wipe out the old blog and start over.    Enrolled in New Media courses at the local college,  joined several professional organizations and volunteer with the Sacramento chapter of the Social Media Club.

I found my passion.

There are a few articles in the works.  As I find inspiration, I take notes and start drafts so that I can write later.  Some of my writing may be raw for a bit.  I’ve got to get my bearings and the only way to do that is to write, write, write.  Publish, put it out there and just do it.  It’s the only way to find my mojo again.

I like to rant from time to time so expect it if you are going to stick around.    I also love to share fun and interesting things I find, especially independent artists and thinkers.  I hope you will feel welcome.

This won’t be a nauseating site to showcase my perfect life.   We’ve all got our own eccentricities and I embrace mine.  I’m not afraid to laugh at myself for some of the silly things I’ve tried that at first seemed like a good idea.

I own a lot of domain names ( ideas that never went anywhere).  How many of us spend way too much time trying to come up with a name and an image when we should be focusing on content?  If I’ve learned anything from this experience it is content, content, content.  Forget about the design until you’ve got your content. Like running a marathon, you can’t get from start to finish in the blink of an eye.  Start building your content and the design and image will form itself.  You’d be surprised.  The ideas will fit the project.  It’s part of the design process by the way. If you are reading this at the time it was published, this site is in the raw.  I haven’t decided the design yet.  I need to write.  I need a place to put it.  Designed or not, I’m moving in.

Don’t worry about being perfect.  It ain’t gonna happen.  Just be you.  Unless you’re a big company who needs to promote an image, then hire a team.  If you’re a writer, write.  An artist?  Create something.

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
— Marilyn Monroe

Being a perfectionist is exhausting and a waste of time.  Being perfect is something I struggle with because I don’t want to make a fool of myself.  Everybody is scared. Remember that.  Putting yourself out in front of the public is scary but if we allow fear to get in the way we block ourselves from having  opportunities to do something amazing.   Anything is possible.   Do overs are allowed.  You know, get up and dust yourself off.  Do it.