I agreed to speak on a panel for the Penn State College of Communications Alumni on the topic "From Happy Valley to Digital Hollywood." I'm listed as Lynne Gullo, Owner of PinkyonthePulse.com. As cool as that is, I had a moment of panic realizing that people will click on my website, which is not finished. It's like knowing people are coming to your house and you haven't cleaned yet!
There are so many design aspects I need to accomplish: logo, website design, list of services. Since jumping on board as a business owner I have been trying to plug the leaks. I realized I had my original domain name website up which was extremely out of date and had to redirect that one. I spent a couple of months trying to connect my Go Daddy domain to my Google blog address, gave up and started the Wordpress blog site. I changed my pictures, backgrounds, color schemes, and copy about 100 times each. But I am moving forward.
Last month, with some encouragement by my personal trainer Holly, I decided to enter a 5K. I have yet to be able to run a 3/4 mile loop in our class after four years and often have painful knees, but why not? I downloaded the Couch to 5K App and started to "train." I was amazed and energized when I finished my first workout. I even posted it on Twitter! I could barely run for 60 seconds without thinking I would die in 61 seconds, but I did it.
In theory, the Couch to 5K App is fantastic. After 3 workouts a week for 8 weeks I would be ready for my 5k. I completed 2.5 workouts before race day. My options were to quit or run anyway so I decided to participate and use that as a benchmark. I knew I could walk it without any problem. I pushed myself harder than ever before and finished the race. I was 37th out of 80 in my age group, but I finished! I had a great sense of accomplishment and know that next time will be better, maybe even top 25!
When people tell me they want to start a blog or Twitter account but they can't until a series of internet events happen, I say just start! There will always be a million things to tweak and change, so it's important to just hit "publish."
So welcome to my house. There may still be dishes in the sink, but I hope you enjoy visiting and come back again soon.
