Archive for June, 2010

Mid-Year Goal Check

Posted by Kristin in Life on June 21, 2010

It’s hard to believe, but 2010 is near the half-way point. Just flew right by us. Seriously.

So, it’s time to check in on your list for the year. Whatever you choose to call them: goals, tasks, resolutions. Most people have some sort of a list of things to accomplish, a bucket-list of sorts.

How’s yours coming?

Taken straight from the right sidebar of my blog, here are mine as a reminder (and an update on where I’m at this June 21, 2010):

  • Stop biting my nails. – I think I might be there. Hooray!!
  • Read more. – Miserably failed thus far. I have two books waiting to be opened. Will start this weekend.
  • Take more pictures. – Ehh… not bad. Now that it’s summer, I have more opportunity to get outside and shoot. Might need to change up the scenery a bit.
  • Commit to exercise. — Decent. Not great, but a considerable effort has been made. And continues.
  • Be a tourist in MSP. – Good. Hit up Rock the Garden this past weekend, and have more plans to see local sites including Minnehaha Falls, the Greenway (if I learn to ride a bike), art fairs, etc. Again, summer is the perfect season for this stuff.
  • Build and grow relationships. – Of all my goals, I am genuinely pleased with my efforts here. On several occasions I have stepped outside my comfort zone, and fear of meeting new people, to meet up for impromptu happy hours with Meg Gerritson Canada, Kasey Skala and Lindsi Gish. I’ve got a long way to go, but this one is off and running.

How about you? What were your goals for this year? How far have you come in accomplishing them?

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Millennials to the Rescue?

Posted by Kristin in In the News on June 8, 2010

I’m sure most of you read the opinion piece in the New York Times entitled “Save Us, Millenials.” I know it was extensively passed around on Twitter and Facebook last week. I’ve read it at least five times now, and every time, something new jumps out at me.

Now, there have been TONS of books, articles and opinion pieces written about the Millennial generation. From the book Generations (which is next on my list to read), to the article in last month’s Delta Sky Magazine, it seems people just love talking about us. And, my oh my, the adjectives used to describe us are vast: entitled, lazy, driven, optimistic.

Whatever you’d like to call us, I believe Timothy Egan nailed it when he said:

Instead, at a time when most Americans described themselves as “angry,” the generation now entering adulthood is keeping their trademark optimism. A recent, detailed survey of their attitudes done by the Pew Research Center was headlined: “The Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change.”

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Share a Little Love

Posted by Kristin in Social Media on June 2, 2010

I read dozens of blog posts every week and subscribe to more than 50 different blogs on my Feedly account. However, I can say with confidence that I don’t comment on as many posts as I should, and I also know that I’m not the only one.

It’s not enough to be a blogger, you have to also be a commenter. Remember when you first started your blog? How nerve-wracking it can be to put your opinions, experiences and knowledge out for the world to see (and judge)? Now, think back to some of your first commenters.

Too often, we get caught up in our online networks and rarely stray outside of those contacts and engage with others. Comments give the blogger the confidence and encouragement necessary to put up the next post, possibly that extra push to try something new or post about something out of their comfort zone.

Whether it’s a comment about one particular post, a question to ponder or simple words that acknowledge the effort it took to click “submit,” the act of commenting can make all the difference to the author.

I’ve started to make a conscious effort to comment on the blog posts that I read each day. I encourage other bloggers to add “commenter” to their online activity as well.

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