Author: Allie

I'm a 30-something mom, writer, and dreamer at heart.
Social Media

Alexander Graham Bell would be pissed…

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I love texting, instant messaging, email, facebook, twitter etc. as much as anyone (it’s my JOB for that matter!) but it occurred to me today that I haven’t actually heard many of my best friends voices in weeks and sometimes even months.

Well electronic communication is easy and convenient, I miss voices, thick accents, and obnoxious laughs that make a person a human and not a robot. So friends (and even family–you know who you are!) if you are reading this little piece of new media communication, and I thank you for it, pick up the phone and call me this week. You know you miss my NY/Boston/RI accent, my fast talking, and my overuse of the word “like.”

PS, Reading my away messages and facebook status updates does not mean that we have “caught up!”

Worklife

What’d you call me?

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Yesterday afternoon found me and our VP at a sales training seminar in the Financial District for most of the afternoon. Yawn I thought, Big yawn. Surprisingly though, it was not only interesting but also quite useful.

At first I didn’t think of myself as being in sales, but I quickly realized that selling myself and my business is really the same as selling say…toner. It’s all in the approach. Jim Ryerson from Sales Octane was energetic and hilarious as he pointed out to everyone in the room what they probably already knew about themselves but tried to hide.

He crushed our VP with the news that she isn’t quite as organized and detail oriented as people think. “But I balance my checkbook everyday,” she pleaded looking for his approval (apparently another trait of Drivers and Influencers, which she and I both are!).

So did he get it right with me? Well I’ll let you decide. Argumentative, enthusiastic, sometimes hard to manage (hehe), impulsive, people-oriented, wants to be the life of the party, outgoing, persuasive, ambitious…you get the idea…

Interesting stuff, and the best part was when he not only related your personality type to business relationships but to personal ones as well. I think I may have picked up a few valuable tips…I can’t wait to read “The 5 Languages of Love,” as recommended by Jim for even more insight!

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Transitions and Dreams…and Other Stuff…

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Transitions at work, transitions in my personal life, growing older, becoming boring, being poor, being an adult. Will I be rich? famous? happy? Will I see the world? Will I do all the things on my mental “To do before I die” list? These are the things that keep me up at night and that I drive my boyfriend, family and friends crazy with!

I’ve had an uneasy feeling lately that I can’t put my finger on. Is it hesitation to move forward or is it an eagerness to get there? Am I doing what I really want, am I chasing my dreams, am I working towards a future rich with success, personally and financially?

I think the Olympics has unearthed my dreamer tendencies. When I was little, I was a gymnast and dreamed of being in the Olympics. I even wrote poems and short stories about it. My mom saved one that ran in Newsday’s Kidsday section once and I came across it recently…

I’ve always had big dreams. Not the wedding, white picket fence ones, but the bombs flying over head well reporting on a war kind. I even have my “famous name” picked out and have since I was about 15 and purchased a fake ID with the chosen alias of Allie Waters. I’ve grown to like Allie Zog though so I’m thinking when I do publish my first novel I’ll keep the Zog name alive.

As I mentioned on a previous post there is another Allie Herzog is NYC, and working in PR as well coincidently. I’m still waiting for us to meet, I wonder if the universe will implode or something when we end up in the same room one day? I’m a little sad that I have to share my name with someone, I wonder if she goes by Zog too…?

Enough rambling, here’s to the dreamers!

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27

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So now that I am officially a year older, I thought I might like to take a look back at 26 and review the “deliverables” if you will. At 26 the following things occurred:

  • My first full year at a “real” job
  • Realization that I am now closer to 30 than 20 has sunk in…just…now…sigh…
  • Made new friends and met new and interesting professional contacts
  • Went to Vegas for “work” (thanks Hil!)
  • Became a social media/blogging expert (well sorta)
  • Realized that my family is pretty cool (it seems the older I get, the more I enjoy hanging with the fam)
  • Spent a full year living on the beach and not taking advantage of it nearly enough

I’m sure there was a lot more, but I can’t seem to think of it right now!

Looking ahead to 27, I hope to write more, learn more, meet more people, make more money (well come on, who doesn’t!) and travel to a foreign country. I think I can do it, can I get a little motivation??? 🙂

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Changes…

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Once again I’ve taken a hiatus from writing…this time I was mulling over the ever changing environment around me. I’ve been trying to accept all the changes, embrace them and even grow from them…a task that has been both dizzying and enlightening…if that makes any sense…

The changes are all around me. There have been big changes at work. I know the PR world is ever-changing. Business can be up and down and then down-right insane. But between our ever changing client base, our ever changing staff and my ever changing location, I’m getting a little dazed just keeping it all straight. I have faith that once the dust settles, all the changes will be the right ones…in the meantime I am focusing on trying to perfect my imperfections and strengthen my weaknesses. I figure the best way to get through anything is to do your best no matter what and know that you gave 110 percent to the task at hand. I’ll admit I’ve never been an overachiever…not by any measure, but I’ve recently come to appreciate and admire the work ethic of those intense, workaholic types that I always swore I’d never become. If this sounds nothing like me, you could blame in part my new “friend” who has instilled some of his upstate, football coach values in me…slowly…
This leads me to change number 2. Adjusting to being “in a relationship.” The status change. The subtle shift in behavior and change in weekend plans. Staying in and going to bed early is suddenly not a bad choice for a Saturday night. And a night out no longer means “mingling” with new people. It’s nice to not be looking. Nice to have someone to do things with. I’m content. But I have recently noticed that most people have a “grass is greener” attitude when it comes to coupledom and singlehood and even marital bliss. Recently a married friend visited me in my admittedly party town of Long Beach, NY. After a few shots of Cafe Patron (sidenote: this might be the best alcoholic beverage since Kettle One) she turned to me and had a momentary longing for the single life (In case her husband is reading this, it really was just a moment!) In a town like Long Beach it is easy to get engulfed in the single life. My first summer in town I was swayed by the warm breeze, the new friends and the surfside bars. But to me, the scene gets old, the breeze turns cool and the friendships dwindle down to just a few that are for real. Things right now seem right as I try to balance my hectic job, my new relationship, my friendships, my social life, my family and all the little day-to days that get thrown my way. On this Sunday evening, with my fresh tan and my fresh outlook, I am feeling ok with the changes (cue music, “In every season, turn turn…)