You can listen to me read this as an audio-blog (2 minutes).
This blog has been going since 2001. I borrowed my Dad’s credit card in 1999 (although my WHOIS registrar curiously says 2004 but WayBackMachine has 2001 listed) and told him I needed a “domain name” (with the emphasis on the wrong syllables) and started blogging about being 19 and doing everything wrong in business.
I stupidly deleted everything at some point, worried my back history would make me look like an idiot, and re-blogged more poignant posts instead, which is a shame; stupid or not, it’s still a journey.
I then had some interesting run-ins with some internet trolls and found that I retreated from the internet a little; not purposely really, I’m not one to let that type of thing keep me down, but something inside of me changed. I thought what I was contributing wasn’t worthwhile anymore and that people would judge me.
I even kept the entire journey of opening my blow dry bar, quiet; and that’s been open almost two years. You’ll find very little about it online. I was worried that being in such a male-dominated industry (and opening such a female-oriented business), it would be uninteresting to the majority of people; I stayed quiet.
I’m sure it also coincided with losing my Mum and feeling a little lost, however I realised recently, I never really came back out the other side of it.
I was worried about looking conceited, or “full of myself”; a trait I vehemently despise. It was only when I realised that I happily scrolled other peoples Instagram/Twitter feeds and loved seeing their faces pop up, and I didn’t judge them, that maybe I should take a dose of my own medicine and attach myself back to the internet again–trolls or no trolls, unapologetically all of me, or nothing.
So, here I am. It’s helping me daily, to find things that are interesting or useful to you guys–as well as my work, I always did enjoy helping the community, so I guess you can say, I’m back.
It’s been a while.
Poor fellow had absolutely no idea that during his career as one of the greatest baseball players of all time (his nickname was ‘Joltin’ Joe’, he was married to Marilyn Monroe for a time, ya can Google it) and, well, whether he was aware of it or not, he was an emblem of American virility in the post WWII years and Paul Simon indelibly borrowed his image for its value as imagery.
Talk about humility. Dimaggio’s was a time when putting yourself in the frame wasn’t cool. Now, it’s – heck, I don’t know what – required?
Lately, I sometimes wonder if what I write has any relation to the posts that give rise to my thoughts. But here’s a little history lesson anyway. Glad you’re feeling back in the frame.
By any measure, this ‘Blogger,’ is a real ‘looker,’ easy meat for all those Troll Stalkers out there.
Mmmmm/
2 years of Blush Bar already? You really kept that hidden. No wonder I couldn’t find anything about it. It would have been interesting to know how you managed starting the business.
For example, just the process of actually building a business like that from the ground up. I’m sure there are many people in the industry who dream of one day running their own business, and it would’ve made for a very educational read.