Todd’s Blog

I don’t know if I can put my finger on it, but there was something about Dean Shareski’s presentation that just put me at ease. Maybe it was the manner in which he spoke. Maybe it was it the things he spoke about I could relate to it more on a personal level, about things that I could more easily relate to. I don’t know. I just found that the things he said made sense. One thing that stuck out was when he asked how people were in our networks. Panic struck me as I thought…”I don’t have anyone in my network!” Then as he talked about some of his projects and letting others in his network help him get things together, I realized “I think I do have a network!” Sure, I don’t have a network anything like his, but I do know people. I realized this as I stopped and talked to people at Showcase this past few days. But as Dean talked about all these people around the world he has contact with, I began to see I too have people like this available to me. People in this class would be there if I asked. People like David Jakes, who have posted on my blog, would be there if I needed. As was mentioned in our Skype session last night, there are so many good people out there.

I can’t put my finger on it, but Dean’s presentation just seemed to put my mind at ease and I think I finally feel like I’ll be okay. The overwhelming feelings are still there, but I understand I’m not alone.