Earlier this year, I took plenty of photos of myself, mainly to see what clothes and colors look good on me, and partly to be a gratuitous blogger. However, in the last four months, I have stopped taking pictures of myself and coincidentally I have gained 10lbs. I took the photo above on Friday, but you may notice my smile and my paisley pink pashmina, the thing is I noticed how tight was the skirt I had on. This extra weight is uncomfortable, and I keeping wishing it was magically disappear on its own accord. I was always skinny growing up so I never learned the discipline of exercise and/or dieting. Similarly I did well in school up until college so I had to learn how to study or risk flunking out of school. I have to learn how to do this diet and exercise thing whereas some of my friends are “A-students”. The first thing I’m trying is to eat less, and to sleep more. My metabolism ain’t what it used to be, but my hedonism still yearns for burgers and fries.
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2002 Want List: Some Things Never Change
I found an old “want list” which is way more focused on intention than a “wish list”. It’s a list of things I want for my life. [The things in bold is what I can safely say I have achieved.]
- A fabulous new career
- Write book
- Learn how to play guitar
- Trip to Hong Kong
- Take Yoga
- Partner in dreams and goals
- Lose weight; be more healthy
- Volunteer, mentor
- Supportive circle of friends
- Flowers received on a regular basis
- Perform in front of an audience
- Home Office
- Sew
- Community Involvement
- A serenade
- Renaissance boyfriend who is unselfish lover
- Pleasure, pleasure, pleasure
Funny how neither love nor love money is explicitly listed.
Cupcakes Take The Cake Bloggers
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We celebrated Rachel’s birthday Monday night. My birthday is coming in a few weeks. It is on Thanksgiving this year, November 27.
For Thanksgiving, I’m having dinner with friends at a Cercle Rouge, a French restaurant in Tribeca.
Yay! Turkey. Yay! L’Ophelin Thanksgiving.
Congratulations, Barack Obama!
The Week In Links
Every week, I have some things outstanding on my to-do list, and I have to balance to that with client work, blogging, meetings and events. Time flies by so fast that a recap is needed just so I remember what happened. Howwever, I am lazy, so it’s best to just give links to the people, places and things related to the week ending October 31.
My new favorite words/terms/quotes : followcost, cloudworker, and “Flat is the new up”.
It’s Nichelle with an N
Feast on This
The things that make a great conference is learning new things, meeting cool people and not feeling overwhelmed with both. Today I went to All Day Buffet’s The Feast at The Scandinavian House.
Presentations included:
- Vertical Farming by Columbia Professor Dickson Despommier
- Making Garbage a positive commodity by Terracycle’s Tom Szaky
- World traveler and organic soap maker Josh Onysko, founder of Pangea Organics.
- New Orleans as a Social Innovation Laboratory by Robbie Vitrano of Trumpet. In his presentation, he had one of the best Don Draper references, “Everyday I do God’s work, which is advertising”.
- Social Design and Social Impact with Elizabeth Johansen from Ideo.
- Organizing Ideas with Scott Belsky of Behance.
- I miss Play Pumps but they bring water pumps to Africa
- Piers from PSFK talked about creators, communities and companies.
- If We Ran It by Michael Romanowicz and Marissa Shrum. Daylighting. Slashers. It’s a look at how young people have an interdisciplinary approach toward career and work.
- Fame Theory by Jose Serrano-Reyes and Seth Aylmer. Using data to steer social capital.
- Chad Rea of EcoPop who challenged everyone to do the opposite of what they are currently doing.
Odds and Ends
RightRides has selected me to sit on their Board. I am so honored! Please donate to my annual fundraising goal on FirstGiving.
Bloggers Unite! I am going to WordCamp on Sunday, October 5.
Happy Anniversary to the Shifting Careers Blog. Read Marci’s top ten posts over the last year.
Check out Cheryl & Co for ordering Halloween cookies and other sweets.
I Like Action Verbs
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It’s Advertising Week, so I know Don Draper and the guys from Sterling Cooper will be out having cocktails and cozying up to new clients.(Ha!)
There are other things going this week including the Biddies on Monday and Neal Medlyn’s Kanye West show on Thursday.
Quirky Circus: Expect weirdness on Tuesday night at the Gershwin Hotel. Armitage Shanks, Zero Boy, Lady Rizo and Coney Island Sideshow folks. $10, 8PM
The Alcoholic: Jonathan Ames animated may seem redundant or ironic depending on when you catch him, but he’s doing a reading of new graphic novel this Wednesday at Book Court in Brooklyn at 7PM.
Cause For Drinks: Also on Wednesday, you can drink and give to a good cause at All Day Buffet’s happy hour at Gallery Bar. BTW, are you going to The Feast Conference on October 16? I am.
Fashion Kitty and Me
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Lauren (AKA Fashion Kitty) and I were at Tortilla flats on Tuesday at the ThisNext Maven dinner. We’re dedicated to “Keeping Fashion Beautiful”.