Four Score and well, really just seven years ago...

So to understand why this blog is taking place, I am going to have to take you back about 7 years ago to the person I was.  I lived in New York City and worked in television.  The TV business can be a very stressful business.  I worked on live sporting events for a major network and it was my role to count us on and off the air, count in and out of commercial, count in and out of tape.. I was essentially a professional backwards counter.  The best part of the job was it stayed there.. at work. Once you were off the air.. you were off the air.  I would think about how I could do something better the next time or what I could try new to make the show flow more smoothly, but you were able to just go home and focus on you and your personal interests.  7 years ago, I worked out regularly, loved to draw, did a crossword whenever I could find one, would read new books and explored the city.  Soon I got to a point where I wanted to try something new, explore a new city, try a new career, so I moved to Philadelphia.  I switched my career from TV to business development with an IT recruiting company.   I knew nothing about business development nor recruiting.  Did I mention that a relationship also brought me to Philadelphia.. selective memory I suppose?  Well regardless, I did it.. made major changes in order to try something "new"and the what did I discover? CHANGE IS HARD! I knew nothing about business development nor recruiting and this company did not provide an extensive training program, I read a manual and was handed a phone.   I knew no one in Philadelphia and 5 months later.. that relationship.. yep, it ended.  Now what.. should I go back to NYC to what is familiar or stick it out?  Well clearly I stuck it out, but everything I did was focused around my new potential career.  Business development and recruiting can be a 24/7 business.  What new contacts can I find, what networking events should I attend, where can I find potential candidate for the positions I was bringing in.  I actually started doing well, was eventually promoted to run the branch, things were going well right?  Maybe to some, maybe in my career but for the next 5 years, that's all I did.  No more crosswords, no more working out, no more drawing.   And then it happens, August 2010.. Mission Rose begins.