Hi!
I am Anne
(for now)
"May you live in interesting times" the apocryphal curse of the mythical Chinese man.
I think it is safe to say we do!
My introduction to you today comes in the vain of, I either ride the wave of this tsunami or drown. There are times and topics where I feel I am drowning not waving and the thought of blogging is one of them.
Eight weeks ago, I had never heard of @steemit, was vaguely aware of crypto currency, and up to this 10 seconds was not inclined or should I say was terrified to write about anything to anyone; all the while thinking it is something I ought to do and possibly even enjoy.
How did I come to be here introducing myself to you?
Just over eight weeks ago I choose to sign up for the (https://londonreal.tv) Business Accelerator course. A course designed to teach the systems, strategies, and tactics to build a business doing what you love.
I had been following (https://londonreal.tv/brian-rose-2017/ ) for about 4 years and his invitation to sign up appeared in my inbox at the perfect time. It is an intense and exacting course there is no doubt and I do now have systems and strategies to create a business that works for me, I may even post about it someday if I make it to the end of this introduction!
Side-affects
One of the side-effects of participating on the course was the wonderful bunch of friends from around the globe I have been gifted, each of them interesting, engaging, funny and fabulous. Many of us gathered in London last weekend for our graduation weekend and in the photo above third in from the right is Mr. Josh Friedman (@freemanreporter) the man responsible for my knowing anything about @steemit and a wonderful exemplar of what it is to follow your joy. Thank you, Josh... I think.
So a group of us agreed to blog regulerly it seemed a smart and fruitful idea at the time, just now it seems excruciating as I am two days behind in the challenge.
Who am I?
My given name is Anne my unimaginative Irish parents (not their fault, Ireland In the 70's had lost it's imagination) called me after my aunty Anne (https://tinyurl.com/y9jhk5pw) who I am incredibly grateful for. We share our birthday and she is one of my favourite people on the planet, a constant in my world, a gift of non-judgment and support to her deviant niece. Unfortunately, they also (I am sure to 'keep the peace’) called me after my father’s mother, my mother’s mother, and so for good measure for my confirmation (yes, I survived a convent education) I took my mother’s name to complete the set. I have no idea why in this moment, but this (to my mind) over naming has always been an embarrassment to me. So let us never speak of it again.
I have three sons 19, 9, and 8 year old they are my greatest facilitators and a pure joy.
Never did the marrying thing I was suspicious as a girl based on my circumstances and the fact that all the Disney movies and fairy stories ended at the wedding, I headed the warning.
I had always wanted to know why we choose the insanity we do, early on I believed there must be answers and if I read the right books and listened intently I would catch them in the spaces in-between. These days I realise we choose what we choose because we can.
I am now more inclined toward questions and don't look for answers anymore.
As a child I was painfully serious and earnest in my seeking and involved in any and every extracurricular activity that would get me out of the classroom or away from the house.
It so happens that my instinct was correct and those out of class activities and groups had much more impact and created more ease then anything I ever learned in class.
My 'work' life has been varied and at times bizarre the only common theme being that I wanted to learn something new.
I continued learning various methods and modalities up until the point where someone proclaimed that this was 'the way' or 'the answer' at which point I head for the hills fundamental anything is a bad idea.
For the last 6 years, I have been involved as a participant, class creator, and facilitator with Access Consciousness (https://tinyurl.com/y7ebudem) so far no-one has proclaimed they have the answers.
The tag line of Access is "Empowering people to know that they know" you do, you’re the only one who knows what works for you, how different would your life be if you chose that?
By the way do yourself a favour and get your Bars® Run.
After my conversation with (@freemanreporter) and having watched @jerrybanfield and @projectdiaries I have now managed to create an account and write an introduction!
I am looking forward to learning more about /trending/crypto and how this all works.
In the mean time I am wondering how much fun I can have? And if I will ever write another blog. I am grateful for everyone and everything that has gone before and for the yummy bunch of friends to who's peer pressure I have succumbed.
How does it get any better than this?
We live in interesting times!
What are you going to choose?