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Creativity through the years – 2007

December 2nd, 2009

Over the next 25 posts, ending on my birthday, I will be covering an incredibly creative moment or idea from a year of my life AND one creative moment in either the marketing, advertising, technology or media world.

In 2007, I left the first job I had out of school (sales…yuck!) and took my first steps into the marketing world (yay!). But, those first steps were not easy ones. When I realized that I was not enjoying the company I was working with, I sat down with my husband and we talked about what I wanted to do (marketing) and the options I had (companies, etc). The problem was, while I didn’t like the sales job I had, I was good at it, and making really good money for just graduating. We had just gotten married, I had my appendix taken out and we needed the strong income. But he also knew how miserable I was coming home from work every day and wanted me to be happy. So, he gave me the green light to take the risk. After that, I spent a couple weeks sending my resume and information to every marketing firm in Orange County. Most didn’t respond, a few gave interviews, and one wanted to hire me. Unfortunately, they could only take me on part time at first, but it was still worth the opportunity…and quickly it became full-time. It was scary, intimidating and I was in over my head from the start, but I knew I had to make it work. And thank goodness I took the risk, since this was the company that made me realize how much I loved social media, blogging and working with others to build a message for their business. While I was only there for a year, that year changed the way I saw business and gave me the drive to start this blog and put myself out there (this blog will be covered in tomorrow’s post!).

In the media world, the final Harry Potter book, which sold more copies than any other book ever into a 24 hour period, released on July 21st, 2007. I spent from 1am-9am on that day reading the entire book, crying through the ending.

Which job did you have that changed your future?

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    We had worked for ourselves several times and had also worked the 9-5 jobs (and the 1AM to 8 AM or 9 PM to 2 AM jobs). But WWOOFing was a whole new concept. Rather than getting paid to do a job for a company, you get "paid" in food and a place to stay. The work varies from farm to farm, but most farms expect 20-30 hours a week in exchange for meals and a bed.

    We helped on an organic apple farm on an island in Canada for a year. We learned a lot about apples, the ocean, and life. I have also WWOOFed on a chicken farm (not pleasant) and as a helper for a raw vegan retreat (learned a lot there, too).

    Now we are in France, and we used the WWOOFing system to find an alternative arrangement. We're fixing up an old house (gite) in exchange for free rent.

    Overall it's been an amazing experience, and I wish we had found out about WWOOFing years ago.
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  • I worked as a lecturer in Creative Writing for 5 years at Stockholm University between 2000-2005. Back in 2000 I converted my LiveJournal into a blog with Tinderbox and subsequently WordPress (The Grey Notebook – now defunct!) and used this in my teaching. I then got all my writing students to run blogs and I found this more enjoyable that writing fiction!

    Things finally came to the crunch when one day I found myself thinking seriously about jumping out of my 8th floor window. I was drained from teaching so much, writing and doing research. But instead of jumping I quit my job and started working for myself, working with communications, new media and blogging.

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