On Building Momentum

In a recent Skype chat with a recruiter at a marketing agency for a temp. project, I listed all the projects that I had been working on in recent months to which she excitedly replied, "So it sounds like you're really starting to build some momentum?"

Odd how in the midst of all this career-building -- when you're really in the thick of things -- how it's almost impossible to see clearly. But yes, when I look down the road to where I'm going and through the past to how far I've come it does seem like I'm finally getting some momentum.

I have plenty of regular projects going, I'm finally blogging again *ahem* I'm working on my communications consultant website and I'm still always on the lookout for more work, be it copy, content, social or editorial work. I want to do it all.

I don't want to get comfortable with any one project or any particular type of work, because then it starts to feel too much like a job. And that's why I started freelancing in the first place ;-)

Write Everyday

Maya Angelou once said that she writes, even when it's 'the most boring and awful stuff.' For the longest time I had essentially given up on writing, waiting for inspiration to hit me like a train or a brick. And I have to say that has been one of the stupidest decisions I've ever made (third in line to bangs and art school). Why do I wait to write when I could practice writing? What good would this ray of light do me if me inkwell is dry and my pen is rusty? Hello, Lindsey! Even a complete stranger told me I need to be writing everyday -- even if it's the most random stuff. I take it as an omen when a stranger tells me to do what I've been thinking about doing, so here I am, doing it.