Two Six

After several failed attempts at blogging, I've decided to give it another shot. The irony of the situation is part of my job consists of monitoring, evaluating and rating blogs and the influence of bloggers. I am by no stretch of the imagination a social media maven, but I can honestly say my cubicle at the office is strategically placed in, what I fondly refer to as, Social Media Central.

I work for a full (sorta) service public relations firm.

Since the first day in in the office, one of the skills I've been required to master is social media monitoring- and yes, that actually exists.  Essentially, if a blogger posts something, positive or negative, about one of the accounts I work on, it is my responsibility to find it, evaluate it, report it and then, if appropriate, figure out how to respond. It's not the most thrilling part of my job, but I will say it's interesting.

However, sitting in Social Media Central, it's become painfully obvious how mundane the issues I monitor for are in comparison to the issues some of my colleagues monitor for... I monitor for stories about executives... a few weeks ago my cube mates were monitoring for coverage pertaining to a major fashion icon. Fashion is not a huge interest of mine, but these girls are so passionate about what they do, that I often feel envious, not of their work, but of their passion for their work. This experience with social media monitoring has inspired me to monitor my own life. In fact it's even caused me to take an audit of my career choices.

Did you know that the average American spends 85 percent of their lifetime working? No, you didn't because that statistic was made up due to Google's failure to generate the answer on the first two search pages. While the average American may or may not spend the majority of life at work, we certainly spend a significant amount of time working.

This begs the question, should we love what we're doing? If you're anything like my father, you're answer to this question is this: Work is not supposed to be fun... Guess what Dad... I disagree.


A preconceived notion of mine has always been that in order to write a blog, one needs to be a foodie, a fashionista or a mom... I am none of those things. I am twenty-six (and a half) and I am desperately seeking something that will spark my interest. My goal with this blog is to explore that and learn something along the way. Read on if you'd like, but please remember my thoughts and opinions are respectfully my own.