Hey SteemitFam! Hereâs a little life update that I started on Sunday, but wasnât able to finish until this evening. I considered just skipping it but I really wanted to share whatâs been up with me lately, so here we go!âŠ
Ok, I promised myself I wouldnât take my usual FOREVER AND A HALF on getting this post out to you. Itâs a cool rainy Sunday morning. Itâs about 9:30am. Iâve been up since 6:30, done yoga, fixed breakfast and coffee, and no one else is awake.
The steady stream of traffic that's usually whirring past my window is somehow absent. Iâm working by candle-light. If I didnât know better Iâd say there was a power outage, or some cosmic weather event happening, But nothing. Itâs just still.
Iâm sending little pings to @teamhumble from across an Ocean. It feels like weâre the last two people on earth in some kind of post-apocalyptic Youâve Got Mail situation. (Youâve Got Steem?) ;)
Iâm wearing my baggy green flannel top, and Iâm sipping my instant coffee elevated by pumpkin spice almond creamer. Yes I am in fact the most basic white girl on the planet right now.
But Iâm also one of the most thankful.
Iâm finally starting to feel better off the back of a nasty cold, things are starting to come together in terms of steady work (finally!) and the next few weeks are set to be some of the most looked-forward(ed?) to weeks I can remember.
Today I bought my ticket for Steemfest2. Like, What!!? I remember creating my account shortly after Steemfest 1 had concluded, and I remember watching all the post-event posts roll in giving me the biggest feeling of cosmic-fomo (fear of missing out).
The reason that I call it cosmic, is that I wasnât even sure what steemit was about. I was SUPER new to crypto even just as a concept, I wasnât involved in active posting yet and I didnât know a soul on the platform. Still, something had @teamhumble and myself looking at each other and saying, weâve got to get there next year.
Itâs been a crazy full circle journey of digital work adaptation, long distance love-comms, and learning about myself, mental and physical wellness and crypto. Honestly, I feel like Iâve learned more this year than the past 10 combined, and Iâm excited to put what I've learned into action.
After a bit of a scary dry spell with freelance work, I also just landed a dream gig, narrating childrenâs books. When the client sent me my first assignment âDucks Have Feelings Tooâ I was in heaven. Itâs taken a bit of time to get the work momentum up in the VO department, but Iâm so stoked about this project.
At the beginning of the year I really felt I wanted to take a step back from working in âsocialâ media, but I really couldnât afford to ditch my biggest client. Mother Nature had other plans however, and when Hurricane Irma hit Florida (where my client is located) they decided to pause my contract while they recouped their losses. I was scared, but in some ways relieved. Maybe Iâll dedicate an entire post to why I wanted out. But Iâm sure if youâre spending most of your time here on Steemit, you already know that social media isnât very social anymore.
And so, almost immediately after that door closed, this DREAM gig just dropped into my lap, shortly after! Today I got to read this...
Anyway, somewhere between driving my car into a ditch, and finishing a 30 day yoga challenge, I also chopped off a ton of my hair.
I really never thought I'd go back to short hair life, (I haven't had hair this short since my working in the cafe days in college) but one day, the thought just popped into my head. It's something that I think along the line I subconsciously told myself was for girls who were thin and who could "pull it off" convincing myself that longer hair made me look slimmer and more feminine. It sounds silly in retrospect, but I was nervous when mom handed me about 6 inches of hair. Damn am I glad I gave myself permission to do it. I love it!
A few more dreams coming through in the next few weeks, and I really canât wait to tell you more, but just know if you havenât seen me around much I havenât forgotten about you. Iâm working crazy hard to tie up all the loose ends to move on to this next chapter. I feel confident I can really really make this next year a pivotal one for myself and my @teamhumble.
If youâre reading this, let me tell you how much I appreciate you, how much Iâm honored and impressed and thankful to be a part of this community, I know Iâve been taking care of business on the personal end a lot this year, but Iâm excited to really show you all what I can bring to this platform as well. Iâve got a zillion ideas I think youâll LOVE and Iâm damn excited to share them as they unfold.
Thank you for your support - it means the world to this blue-haired jersey gal.
<3
Dayleeo
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