To everyone who wished me well, donated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and otherwise supported me in my first triathlon — Tri for Les 2011: Bluewater — please accept my sincere gratitude.
I said thank you in person, emails and status updates, but it’s always best to show it.
Twenty minutes before the start of the Bluewater Triathlon someone asked me, “So, what’s your strategy?”
Barefoot, jittery, cold and nervous, I thought about it for a second, and proceeded to swing my arms around to loosen up.
“Dominate,” I said with a smirk. “And pass on the left.”
We both laughed, knowing full well that this was my first triathlon and that I was being somewhat sarcastic.
And even though a part of me wanted to dominate and pass as many people in the race as possible, another part of me stepped back to remember what this triathlon was really about.
My “Tri for Les” triathlon training has taken over most of my free time these days and unfortunately my blogging time has been pushed aside for early morning bike rides, evening swim and run practices, and late-night fundraising brainstorming sessions. Excuses, I know, but it’s all for a good cause, in honor of a great woman (my Aunt Leslie) and I don’t feel too bad for prioritizing.
I’ve also been getting a creative fix from a side project, called Letters to Letters. It’s a fun commitment and good for keeping the creative juices flowing.
That being said, I am still working in social media full-time during business hours and wanted to share a bit about a recent experience I had with the term “WTF.”
It’s early in the morning and still dark out. The alarm on the other side of my bedroom buzzed me awake and I’ve just silenced it by slamming my fingers on the snooze button. It’s quiet. Nobody is watching and I’m standing alone and dreary in the dark, with a crucial decision to make:
Do I listen to my tired body and stumble back to my soft bed for another hour of sleep?
Or do I throw on some clothes, take a drink of water and get the day started with a workout?
The battle ensues.
I’m trying not to get too excited about Google+.
I remember when Google Buzz launched about a year ago. I was all jacked up, and within a few weeks I felt pretty silly for contributing to the over-hype of what has turned out to be a dud thus far.
And as genuine as my efforts for objectivity are, I can’t deny that I’m a Google fanboy and am cheering for them to succeed in the social space.
So, yes, I am excited about Google+ and here are some of my notes on the new platform.
I hope they help your exploration of Google+ in one way or another. At the very least it’ll be fun to look back on this in a year and measure the accuracy (or inaccuracy) of my assessments and predictions.