arewethereyet

It seems like just a few days ago that I was hopelessly down in the dumps, and then today I feel like a whole new me. Everything is just going swimmingly. Here are just a few examples:

1. I did 6 miles on the treadmill at the gym. So that’s awesome, right? Well I also did those 6 miles in 93 minutes. Which is incredible for me. I was able to run for about 10 minutes of it at 5.2 mph which frankly is like the wind for me. I am so slow and plodding it’s absurd. Anyway, all things considered this was a huge breakthru day for me on the treadmill. And I feel good enough that I may take a walk in the neighborhood tonight and get a couple additional miles in! Right now, I’m at 103 miles! A huge accomplishment. And I know it is for me, but also because my trainer and a few other folks at the gym are just beaming at me all the time!
2. Yesterday I got an email from a consulting group, asking me if I’d sign up with them to be an expert contributor/consultant - it has to do with my previous line of work. I signed up, they contacted me right away and today I did my first assignment. It was an hour long phone call, and they paid me - a lot - to just talk to an investment guy about the industry I was part of for 15 years. So I made money today, and that rocks.

3. I feel more in control of my job situation in general. First off,  I told the people of that horrible interview that I didn’t want the job and that I was withdrawing my application. Hard to do, but they were going to do it anyway I’m sure, and even if they weren’t I didn’t want that job. So that was empowering. Then I went looking at Monster today and found a number of jobs I’d be interested in so that was a plus - it’s been kinda weak for a while now but today was a good day. I also updated my Linked In profile, which is a professional networking site if you’re not familiar with it, and contacted someone I haven’t worked with in about 5 years through there. He started his own company after leaving my last company and I asked him about freelance work. He wrote back to me within 3 hours and we’re going to try to get together soon. I also got an email from a friend who said there is a job I’d be great at with the university she works for and I plan to apply for that. So all in all, I think things are looking up.

4. I turned in my survey assignment last night and I’m feeling pretty good about it. I should get some feedback from the professor by tomorrow night. Then I’ll be able to share the link with all of you and we can get to some market research. I’m excited about this because I really am thinking about this business plan as what I’m supposed to be doing next and if that’s the case this puts me one step closer to that goal.

So that’s my positive story for the day. I’m in a great mood. I’m feeling good about me. I’m feeling good about the universe. And I’m feeling like my weigh in tomorrow isn’t going to be great, but I’m feeling like that’s okay too.

Signed, Pollyanna