Weeknotes 31 March 2023

Last week I was away and then had that awful thing called Norovirus. So, I’m giving myself a break rather than a hard time for skipping last week’s Weeknotes.

I’ve felt very much like a new human this week. I’ve channelled this into one of the most productive few days of the year. I’m feeling accomplished. I’m smug – just a teeny bit.

I got shit (ahem) done by:

Stepping out of my comfort zone. While I wasn’t nervous, as such, about presenting at a company off site, I got stressed. Yet, the minute I started, I felt my wings unfold. I loved it! Who knew?

I’ve also been interviewing people, which I’ve enjoyed SO much. That’s a lonnnnnng way away from the thermometer-busting level of fear I felt when I got asked to interview Moby. That was about 20 years ago. And I quickly declined.

I used this refused opportunity to positively drive growth of my interpersonal skills. I should have said yes. I wasn’t ready. So I’ve spent the last 20 years putting myself out there. Always try shit that scares you. Always.

Recognising how far I’ve come. In a personality exercise (after delivering my presentation), I got a handed piece of paper. It was from the CEO. It read, “Delivers a depth of knowledge to the situation” from our CEO. I felt humbled.

Also, I recognise that my approach to the interviews I’m doing is strong. They’re about the copy process at the company I’m working for. The conversations are proving to be really successful and insightful. I’m tackling these chats with an informal, open, and honest attitude. My ears are hungry to hear what people think. A bonus is that this is also helping me strengthen relationships with stakeholders. That, and it’s helping me find cobwebs in the content process I can remove. And also creating business-wide awareness of my team and what we do. WIN.

Feeling happy. Yep, feeling happy! I’ll shout that louder. I FEEL HAPPY! I’m going to put it down to how glad I feel to have recovered from The Brown Death. Apt, given I said to a colleague, “I feel like a new person.” They replied, “You literally are.”