Today I finally managed to take advantage of my gift certificate that I won thanks to Vancouver Mom for a membership with MomCafe!
I picked this one today, because I hoped the talk would inspire me…..kick me into action perhaps?
The guest speakers, Shannon Ward and Diana Stirling are two young women who are at the top of their game. Beautiful, successful…but have also, along the way, learned that as you get older you have to keep redefining what being at the ‘top of their game’ really means.
It would be EASY to be snipingly jealous of these two women. They have it all. But instead they did a fabulous job of explaining what it took for them to get to where they are today…..they learned from their success….they adjusted their game plans….and keep doing so…..they are a great example of what an entrepreneurial woman can do in this day an age..if they have the savvy and energy.
They still made me jealous..but in a good way.
I really do admire people with a game plan. I have never had one. I have never had an interest or ‘skill’ or hobby that could be turned into a lucrative business. I never had career goal that I strove to obtain. I have wandered pretty directionless through my little life so far.
And I say ‘so far’ with a purpose..because I do fervently believe that in all things…..it is never too late. I live in hope!
I mean come on…I have a degree in English Lit, for petes sake! Having a good grasp on Jane Austen is really going to get me a dream gig right!!!??
Or maybe it would if I knew what my dream gig was? Which I don’t.
I really don’t.
I blog because I enjoy the writing, and the community it has given me. I network in ‘real life’ because of the amazing people I meet.
But I don’t write with $ in my eyes. It would be nice…fer sure….but I know my writing and my blog isn’t ‘all that,’ so those writing for $’s will no doubt stay pretty much a dream.
I minored in Communications at SFU. A good intro into marketing and public relations. But again…more a socialist view of how Marshall McLuhan was a visionary in really stating the bleedin obvious to the rest of the oblivious masses.
I still to this day, wonder how SFU has a business school…..it seems to go against the whole schools Che Guevara t-shirt wearing leftie bent. I do recall they had their own cafeteria….so they wouldn’t have to mix with the crazy hippy arts students.
But I digress.
I sat at MomCafe surrounded by women who have or had goals. Women who are working at ‘something.’ Women working at something either for themselves or for others….but with their own heart and passion. Women with ideas. Women with skills and education.
What the hell am I doing there?
Was I inspired? Yes. I am inspired by all the women I have met through my social media forays.
They make me feel like I have to try harder…at what…..well, that what seems to be floating JUST beyond my grasp…just slightly out of reach….I can almost touch it…almost tell you maybe what it is…but am not sure.
There is SOMETHING I want to do….something I THINK I can do…..something I THINK I can convince myself and you that I am good at.
When I find it, I will let you know.
You are the best community-builder I know. Certainly in Vancouver mom blogging. For real.
Of course, the issue is how to get paid for that. If I figure it out, I’ll let you know.
Therein lies the rub as they say. If it helps, I’m right there with ya. Tapping into the essence or you, what you really like doing and what you are truly good at is not as easy as it sounds. I did appreciate one thing from the talk that I think is super important: Define success on your own terms. Not anyone else’s. I think as you (and I) whittle away at the extraneous, we will arrive somewhere. Where is currently anyone’s guess.
Plus – you are caring for three young kidlets so IMO that is more than enough.