fit with jo

Comments I hear on a regular basis: You are ALWAYS on your phone! You seem to play on FB a lot! Have you ever thought of taking an E-treat? We all need to unplug. Don’t people ever talk to one another any more? You need to relax. Not work so much. This is not a post to respond directly to these comments. This IS a post where I will respond directly to Seth Godin for his awesome words in Chapter 3 of TRIBES. Thank you. The story goes (and this is a crude paraphrase) that you were on vacation in some Caribbean or beachy resort. (Sorry, Seth, I don’t recall where you were – not that it matters). As you was sitting in the lobby checking  email, two women walked by. They whispered, (not softly enough) how they felt sooooooo bad for you because even...

Yes. That’s what I meant. I could be considered a professional non-professional. During my senior year in high school, I won an award for a video I produced via our school’s “state of the ’80′s art” television production studio. From childhood through high school I was usually the performer (stage, on-camera) so learning to write and produce videos became a new hobby. There was no digital editing back then. Just a turn of the knob, and clicks of buttons, and glitches. I remember lots of glitches. I entered Ohio University intent on becoming a video producer upon graduation. I even looked into producing patient films for hospitals. I did well in my course-work in college, but never completely dove in as much as a I could have....

2011 was sweet. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I am not a New Year Resolution maker. Simply sitting down and writing down a list of goals does not a finished goal make. I believe, or rather, have been retrained to understand, that goals must flow from priorities. It’s very hard to set goals when you have no idea of your driving purpose. I’ve been fortunate to have a number of mentors in my life. Yes, Chalene Johnson is one. But there is also Linda Anderson, creator of Mom to Mom ministries. And the prayer partner I’ve had since 1992, minus the first 2 years we have lived here in Beaver (we are once again back at it, thankfully). I have “people” and I am continually trying to learn and grow – with them at my side....