What I Learned the Week of Feb. 10 – 16, 2014
Monday, Feb. 10, 2014
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By Jill Whalen
Last week was definitely an interesting one for me. Lots of learning through books and videos!
Also, I wanted to mention that my husband and I are gearing up to do a stair climbing fundraiser for the American Lung Association on February 22. They ask us to each raise a minimum of $100 in order to participate. While I’ve reached my goal through promoting it on Facebook, my husband (who’s not into self promotion like I am) could still use some donations. If you’ve got a few bucks you don’t mind parting with for a good cause, please consider donating to this worthy cause through my husband’s link here.
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By Jill Whalen
What I Learned the Week of Jan. 27 – Feb. 2, 2014
Monday, Jan. 27, 2014
What I Learned the Week of Jan. 20 – 26, 2014
By Jill Whalen
It was not the most productive week in terms of what I learned this week. Still, I did manage to come up with a few tidbits. Read the rest of this entry »
What I Learned Last Week (Jan. 13 – Jan. 19, 2014)
By Jill Whalen
You’ll notice a lot of references to Hay House and some of their authors in what I learned last week, because I listened to many of their “Start the New You Now” interviews which were only available last week. There was definitely some interesting content, although much of it overlapped because their authors and what they write about are very similar. Read the rest of this entry »
What I Learned Last Week (Jan. 6 – Jan. 12, 2014)
By Jill Whalen
Last week was definitely an interesting week of learning for me. Something that I’ve come to realize, not just this week but since I embarked on my new adventure, is that life is supposed to be joyful. It’s something I’ve pretty much lived anyway, but I never realized that it was life’s intention for everyone. (Sadly, not everyone lives this way.) There will likely be a blog post about this coming in the future as I ponder the concept more deeply. Meanwhile, here are some of the other things I learned last week: Read the rest of this entry »
By Jill Whalen
The other day I was chatting with a woman in the locker room after yoga class, and she asked me if I worked. A simple question, but it was the first time I was asked it since giving up my successful SEO consulting business a few months ago. I guess my answer should have simply been “no” but that seemed weird to say.
When my kids were very young and I didn’t work (in a “real job”), I was comfortably able to answer with “I am a mom at home.” And once I started my business, it was easy to say that I owned my own company and worked from home.
But what about now?
Technically I should probably have just told the woman at the gym that I was retired. But that label is also uncomfortable. It sounds too permanent and makes me feel old. Isn’t retirement something you do in your late 60’s when you have shitloads of money and don’t need or want to work anymore? I’m only 52 and pretty sure I still have a few good working years in me. Plus, I’m certainly not rich. While my husband earns a decent salary in his job, we do still have a son in college we’re paying for. Plus we have one daughter’s wedding coming up in April. Thankfully we can afford these expenses, yet I feel like I should be contributing to them more as I always have in the past.
What I mean to say is that while I’m no longer working in my previous profession, I’m not through with working in general. I do want to eventually be doing something productive that can also contribute to the family in a monetary sense, I just don’t know what that is yet! And because I have that desire, it feels awkward telling people that I am currently not working.
What I really am is in transition, but that takes too much explaining for casual locker room conversation. So to the woman at the gym, I said that I wasn’t working at the moment and left it at that.
But are my only choices really that I’m old and rich or I’m unemployed and can’t find a job?
–Jill
By Jill Whalen
What I Learned This Week – (Dec. 30, 2013 – Jan. 5, 2014)
Monday, Dec. 30, 2013
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013
What I Learned Last Week (12/23/2013 – 12/29/2013 )
As you’ll see below, it’s a good thing we don’t do anything for Christmas day!
Monday, Dec. 23, 2013
By Jill Whalen
What I Learned Last Week (12/16/2013 – 12/22/2013)
When I’m not doing something physically active or cooking, I spend a lot of my time reading and listening to educational/inspirational videos. In order to try to remember a bit of what I’m learning (even if it’s just silly stuff) I decided to write down a few things that I learn each day.
In that spirit, here’s what I learned last week: Read the rest of this entry »
By Jill Whalen
++Moving On++!
Hey everyone!
Yep, you read that right. I, my friends, am moving on from SEO.
If you read my last newsletter you may recall that I mentioned that I had decided to take a break from SEO and would no longer be taking on new clients. I also told you that I’d continue to write this newsletter to keep you up with the latest on SEO. And honestly, when I wrote that, I did mean it. My identity and sense of self have been so wrapped up in SEO, and in this newsletter in particular, that at the time I couldn’t imagine ever giving it up.
Until last week.
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