I love when I walk into a Caribou Coffee at lunch and the premium table and writing spot, with the perfect Feng Shui, and a power outlet, is vacant and I can plop right down into it.
I hate when, on my way to Caribou, I think of something clever to write, and then forget it by the time I get there.
I’m writing a huge, self-indulgent email to promote myself. By now, people are either sick of me, laughing at me, or secretly planning my demise. I hope there’s a few who, well, still like me and read what I’m writing, and ‘click’ on the links I send them (after all, I don’t worry so much about who reads what, so long as they ‘clicked’ on the article).
Did I ever think my accomplishments would be measured by a ‘click’? At one point in my life, I’m sure I thought applause and whistling would be great measures of my success …now …’clicky’, ‘clicky.’
Either way, it’s Self Promotion Month, so look for an email from me begging you to read everything I do. It should consume most of your day, every day.
I started a 3-day challenge through my affiliation with Mel Robbins and her gang. That ended today. I came pretty close to my goals. I wrote 3-things every day, landed a new social media consultation client, and was asked to submit a writing sample for another writer-motivator-blog-guy. I want to write “funny”, but I guess I’m becoming “serious” or “preachy”. Won’t my kids be happy when they are teenagers and their Dad has spent the better part of a decade writing Up With People-Happy-Happy Feel-Good essays?
“Come on, kids. You can’t control the bully at school and your mean teacher, but you can control how you react to them. Remember that book I read you about the Holocaust survivor and his approach to certain death, torture, and the loss of his entire family? Oops. Sorry I burnt your toast. But it’s OK, from each mistake we make, we learn a lesson.”
They’ll hate me.
Read my Mad Men article.
Tonight I’m going to see funny man Norm MacDonald at The Royal Oak Music Theater. I hope he doesn’t do these exact jokes, because I already laughed at them just now.
Oh, and here’s a company where I think it’d be fun to work.
