The National Marathon in My ‘Hood and Taking Inspired Action

I awakened this morning to the sounds of the National Anthem being played over a P.A. system coming through my open window. I live a block form the course of the National Marathon that is going on today. While I love a good Marathon, it’s a bummer because I get trapped in my neighborhood–at least trapped from going into downtown–until about 2pm. And then when they re-open the streets, it’s absolute bedlam. Oy!

But maybe this year I will walk down to the course and cheer them on. These are people who are undertaking a great challenge and I wish that all of them could win. They’ve got picture perfect weather this year. It’s a nice and cool 47 degrees this morning and this afternoon’s high will be 74. By the time the majority of the runners reach the finish line it will be close to 60 degrees.

I’ve had a good week this week. I interviewed a promising new client, and made some good progress working on my own sites. On Thursday, I attended a local small business networking lunch where I made some good contacts and possibly got some good leads. I plan to attend more of their events because I really need to get out of the house more and interact with other human beings. Working from home has made me a bit of a hermit and I’m not liking it.

So, this spring my goal is to find at least one networking event each week to attend, which will give me some good local exposure and the chance to get out and talk to people and find out what’s on their minds.

While I have not been getting out of the house a lot, I do spend a good deal of time on Facebook. I use it for myself and for my clients, so I’m there a couple of times a day. I met this great guy named Avram Gonzales, who lives in Colorado and has embarked on this campaign that he is calling ‘Inspiraction,’ where he does something different each day and films it on his little camera. This is the video that drew me to him:

I just love his ebullient energy and his passion for living. At my age, I’m not going to be engaging in some of the activities that he does, but he is inspiring me nonetheless to not fall into becoming a stodgy old woman at the age of 42. He is inspiring me to get out there and do something different.

Have a fabulous week and figure out a way to do something different that shakes you out of your rut and shows you something that you’ve never seen about yourself before.

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