See, this is my “I mean business face.”
I started this blog in May 2010. It wasn’t by choice. In fact, it was an assignment I had to maintain throughout my summer semester of graduate school in a class about online public relations. Being the nerdy kid I am, striving for an A, naturally I kept it up. At the time, I was instructed to write about public relations, social media, marketing, communications, professional work, etc. After the class was over, I decided to keep the blog going. It was a nice little escape for me, something that was in my control.
Two years later, my blog is still alive and well. I’ve never been too concerned about the number of followers or stats I had, but as time went on, I became more anxious about the type of content I posted and if it would interest readers. These past two years, my blog has stayed professional as I talked about work, PR, a little about my personal life, family—blah, blah, blah.
Well, that’s all BORING.
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE my job. I love the people I work with, I love maintaining client relations and pretending I live in a MadMen advertising world. However, I get enough of that during the day. When I come home, it’s another story. Believe it or not, I think I do have an interesting life—and it’s about to get even more interesting.
It’s time for a change of pace; a new direction. No more blogging about work…okay, maybe just a little bit every now and then…but seriously, not a lot. I’m keeping the two separate, like church and state. Maybe every now and then I will have a great work story to share. However, most of the time, this blog will be devoted to everything I think about but don’t necessarily speak about.
My boyfriend and I are closing on a fantastic Cape Cod looking house on June 26. I’ve never lived with a boy (Dad and Brother don’t count, now). I know there are going to be interesting stories to share. I’m very much a goody goody, follow-the-rules, organized and neat, semi-OCD type of gal, about to move in with a boy who can never be on time and leaves clothes in the same spot for more than two weeks. How. Am. I. Going. To. Do. This. P.S. I’m MADLY in love with this guy.
At the same time, I’m turning 25 this September and need to start developing…skills. Like…Martha Stewart skills without the whole jail time thing. I already love cleaning, but shoot, I have to cook and do laundry and all that. Let’s see how well I balance young professional life with that of a Suzie homemaker. Crap, I need to decorate too; I have an empty house and not the greatest knack for interior design.
With that said, I’m going to need a place to let it all out, to shout from the rooftops, to let out my frustrations, but also my joys. You get my point—my blog content is getting a makeover. New title and tagline, too. No more miss nice Jackie, all the time. It’s about to get REAL.
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