Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2011 is here!

Out with the old and in with the NEW.
New beginnings, new plans, new ideas, new jobs, new relationships, new, new, new.
2010 was an exciting, yet extremely challenging year filled with both great victories as well as disappointments. I spent a lot of 2010 in the planning phase. Now I am ready to work those plans! The vision has been given to me, I wrote the vision and now it is time to manifest it.

There is a long and exciting road ahead. Who's ready to ride?

As someone who has been downsized and laid off three times over the last 10 years, I personally know the emotional rollercoaster of job loss and job search. It's healthy and neccessary to go through the process of denial, anger, depression........But it is not healthy to stay in a continous cycle that prevents you from acceptance and moving forward.

Throughout my journey I've come across and worked with Believers/Christians who use faith in every area of their lives, except their job search. They get caught up wordly views; "I'll never find another job making that kind of money", "I'll have to take a step back, a lower level position, a pay cut", "I'm lost, confused...."

The first to to getting out of this wordly mindset is to stop speaking death and defeat of your life. Dont say or repeat the negatism that comes through the media (unemployment rates, foreclosure rates......) Don't allow your family and friends to speak these things into your life either.
Next, Renew your mind daily. Focus on scriptures that remind of that God wants us blessed. He wants us to prosper in all areas of our lives including our careers and finances.

Then we should "write the plan and make it clear". Create a daily/weekly schedule with goals for networking meetings, applications, job fairs, etc. A clear personal marketing plan should be created as well as a toolking including a resume, references, accomplishment stories, target company list.......

Trust God in your job search just like ever other area of your life. Believe that He will design for and delivery you into a new job at the appointed time. But remember that faith without works is dead and that you must pray, create a plan and work that plan.

Style and Substance

This blog is about the style and substance of life.
When I think about style many influences come to mind; what a woman wears..... how she smells..... how she presents herself to the world. That's style!

Substance can be a little more abstract. Substance is what a woman knows.....what she reads.... writes......how she communicates......what she contributes to her family, friends, career and the world.

The blogs I follow that combine both include;

Life in a Venti Cup
All the Best
Coco and Kelly
La Dolce Vita
Makeunder my Life
Cupcakes and Cashmere.........just to name a few.

As it all begins to come together in my own life I would have to include FAITH as being a matter of style and substance. Without faith, I have neither style nor substance to in my life.

As Summer Ends

Summer has come to an end and the newness that fall brings has arrived. It's time to get serious about life once again. Now is the time to plan, prepare and organize. Fashion and food change. Our activities change and generally our mindset changes. We begin to focus once again on school, work, projects, etc.

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the beginning.....

Well it's official! Today is my first day as a blogger. I spent the last year following blogs with my list growing every day. I feel that at this stage of my life I need an outlet to both express and explore the things that add great value to my life. I am in the process of making major changes and improvements in key areas of my life and I'd like everyone out in the blog world to accompany me on this journey. Here we go!