Round Two

Just over three years ago I posted for the first time to Under Silver Skies. In reading that first blog, I realized I am essentially in the same place (as a blogger) as I was then. In other words, I'm not very good at blogging. 

But I'm going to give it another go, starting with my second attempt at the Day Zero Project. It isn't as trendy among bloggers as it was then, but I love the idea of making 101 goals to accomplish over 1001 days. You can head over to my original 101 in 1001 post to read the rules and get some background on why I am doing this. 

So, here we go again. I'm going to attempt to blog about these goals, both so people who are interested can keep up with what I'm doing and also to have a record I can look back on. I am still nervous and still scared and still a little embarrassed to post my thoughts, dreams, and ideas on the internet. The whole goal of the project is to try new things, though. Or retry new things, as the case may be. I hope you'll stay tuned and let me know what you think, or don't, the nervous side of me would be just fine with that too. 

-A

#Ladyboss

Yesterday I felt like a #Girlboss (or #Ladyboss, if we want to be a bit more flattering).

A few weeks ago I was asked to step in for a presenter at a seminar for an industry group meeting. Did it take a few people saying "no" for them to end up with me? Obviously. I nailed it, though. Not to toot my own horn, but people were engaged, they laughed at my jokes, and I networked like a champ. This isn't why I felt like a #Ladyboss, though. (Is the hashtag getting annoying? Too bad.)

I declared the day a success because I stepped far outside of my comfort zone and did something I felt completely unsuited for.

The Circle

When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in America--even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge. - Goodreads