Phisherobilia Remixed

It - this rabbit hole - started with a song that was on the tip of my memory's tongue. The song was part of an instrumental mood station that Almighty Google offered up for the 'mood' of working: epic film scores. Who doesn't want the word "epic" in the title of anything...let alone the purposeful intent of "designing for a moment" - a term shamelessly borrowed from a friend and fellow journeyer, Jason Osburn . Typing along to the beautifully recognizable crescendos of "The Imperial March" and music from Batman Begins, the song "Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor)" stops me from my work. Instantly familiar but not from the movie for which it is epically scored. It took the better half of a day, crowdsource help from the brilliantly everything Jason Croft , and a trike ride around my neighborhood before the context dawned on me: "Sunshine" was the background music - BACKGROUND music mind you - for a YouTube video I listened to ...

#BreakingNews: my brain moves a mile a minute. And this is the justification I'm going to use for what's coming next. So, I pull up to #CityCentral, get out of the car, shut the door, and have that #BrianRegan "oh, no, today's the science fair" moment. I locked my keys in the car - which is a first. I've driven off with the gas hose still in my tank - those things are engineered surprisingly well by the way - but have never locked in my keys. Panicked, I go into the office and go right to one of the members, Marcus , for help. He's fantastic and one of those "gets stuff done" type of guys. We're (he's) messing with shims and hangers for a couple of minutes; I'm getting increasingly uncomfortable with the awareness that it's 346 degrees outside and Marcus has A LOT of work to do. This is when my dear friend, Raj , pulls up for a meeting. He assesses the situation and asks where the keys are at. I point to where my R2-D2 keych...

I love mashups and remixes - like when Jay Z and Linkin Park collaborated on the Collision Course album? Or when Heath Ledger remixed The Taming of the Shrew ( 10 Things I Hate About You )? Oh - and when P Diddy, I think that's what he was calling himself at that time, sampled The Police? Yes. Please. My term, Adopreneur, is no different: it's an inspired mashup of adolescent entrepreneur. Inspired by and now a resume line item for my 12 year old hustler. About a week ago he told me that he wanted to earn some extra money (to support his Fortnite habit) and was posting an ad for his lawn mowing services on Nextdoor . And while independence and initiative is EXACTLY the behavior I reward in my home, I was apprehensive about the willingness of neighbors to hire such a young kid. And I was right in my concern - there was no response. He kept chirpily checking his post for responses - to crickets. Until this. We reached out to the husband who tells me how he has gr...

I used to be a little embarrassed by my resume. To meet me is to know that I'm a bit of an intellectual gypsy with a splash of adult on-set ADD. I love big concepts (and I cannot lie!), industry and societal trends, and their impacts. In my career transition from stay-at-home mom to working single mom, I have had the opportunistic luxury of following my curiosity and interests in my jobs - experiencing unique roles in diverse industries. Without the above paragraph as a resume backdrop, I might appear to be flakey or unfocused. However, I would argue the case for opportunistic as well as strategic work transitions. Complacency is the new risk. FOMO (fear of missing out) isn't just related to social media (which I low-key hate but more on that another time): absolutely employ the power of FOMO to your skill acquisition, interests, and ultimately...your work considerations. Two quotes inform my decision-making: "The master in the art of living makes little distinction...