Who the Hell is mediaChick?

I take the first handful of days off in July for my Annual Birfday Staycation. A staycation, as you may already know, is when you take time off work and stay in town. With plenty of cool things to do around my beloved Portland, staycationing is a no-brainer.

I work for a company with holiday pay and so I schedule the time off to include the 4th of July and my birthday. That way I get more benefit bang for my buck. And every year I do three things: 1) avoid making lists of things to do, or berate myself for "wasting" my time off, 2) think a lot about myself and what I want out of life, and 3) not think about what I could be doing instead that's more: productive, efficient, "right", etc. I do these things to concentrate on the answer to this question: Who the hell is mediaChick? This is my fourth year of thinking about that question.

The art of submerging oneself in unadulterated me-me-me thinking without guilt does not come naturally to me. I have no problem whatsoever spending hour after delicious hour pondering and percolating and philosophizing; it's the "without guilt" part I struggle with. We all have that critical little voice inside us that quietly second-guesses decisions and reinforces toxic self-doubt. That internal dialog isn't all bad, however. I learned long ago my (opinionated) little voice also has uncanny intuition and lofty goals for my future. And so, once a year on my Annual Birfday Staycation, I pay close attention to what it is saying. I dream about my future and continue to learn what it means to "follow my bliss."

Let's go steady!