I was really chuffed and humbled to receive Team Transformer award at inaugural Cox Automotive Inc. Product & Technology Champion Awards a couple of weeks ago. Didn’t expect to be nominated, even less to win an award. And what an event it was! #lifeatcox
Are you ready for whatever 2023 can throw at you? I say, ‘2023 here I come!’ Don’t get me wrong - first few days back at work have been a massive shock to the system, there are still more questions than answers, and at least once this week I have been close to having to tell myself, ‘Fake it, until you make it, dude!’ What is it then that keeps me excited and ready to tackle the challenges ahead? I spent a little bit of time reflecting on what inspires me at a more fundamental level and how I want to be in 2023. Whenever I need help to get started or support to keep going, I go back to these inspirations.
Coming back to the idea of blogging is beginning to feel like a scene out of Groundhog Day. I’ve lost count of my false starts. I keep scribbling down ideas for blog posts and ’today I learned’ experiences in my bullet journal, but never really get beyond the good intentions stage when it actually comes to writing it all up. Whether it is urgent work stuff or personal commitments, life just seems to get in the way. 😒
It is probably something like 57th 63rd time I write my ‘first’ blog entry. Over the years I have had so many false starts that I’ve lost the count. It is usually a good few days spent tinkering with servers and hosting, checking out blogging software, switching on SEO plugins, writing a few paragraphs of content, not being able to decide what to put in ‘About Me’ page and then just giving up. I think it was only once that I managed to write a couple of posts and had an idea for a few more. What’s different this time? A good few days spent tinkering with servers and hosting… 😆