Hopefully you read the post I wrote the other day about getting past the awkwardness of focusing on taking care of yourself. If you are a blogger and interested in focusing on that part of your life more, this post may prove to be your lucky day as I am giving away a pass to BlogHer PRO ’14.
Dani Shapiro, as she talked about how to prepare yourself for the outcomes you want to achieve on a daily basis, “It takes so little to start your day out right. We rarely do it, but we can. Little things.” For her it’s drinking her cappuccino without checking her email. A moment of reflection before the pursuit of the endless life threads that no amount of focus will ever organize in a day.
A few days before I left for the conference I discovered I’d won a BlogHer PRO pass. The conference is December 3&4, which is also the beginning of my parents’ annual holiday visit. Having just spent two days at a writing conference, I just can’t swing it. I don’t feel deprived at all and in fact, I am so excited to give this to someone out there. My experiences with BlogHer have been incredible. The conference is in San Francisco, which may just be my favorite city. It is rugged and refined, beautiful and unintimidating, yet wholly unforgettable. And the conference? My beloved, f-word being, Jenni Chiu is going to be there. The sessions are intended to be action-rich, meaning that rather than a glitzy networking extravaganza (which can be great!) it is going to be a you-rich event.
Work on your pitch, whether for ad space, sponsored posts, or a book proposal. Have you been listing, sort of bobbing around lacking the push to take things to the next level? Are you this-close-to-cracking-the-code? Do you want to immerse yourself in your passion? Roll up your sleeves, dig in, and walk away with incredible new connections and new clarity on how to get where you want.
I realize that I am gushing, but if you are out there wishing that you were somewhere different with your blogging, this could be your moment.
Leave a comment about self-care or the pursuit of dreams and you may win a pass to BlogHer PRO ’14.
Wednesday at noon I’ll pick a winner and connect that person with Rita Arens from BlogHer. She’ll be a speaker at the conference and, after having heard her speak at BlogHer Writers a few years ago, I can promise that she is smart, sharp, and gives you straight talk on how to get a book written and published.
I don’t have one of the fancy helicopter widgets, but if you tweet about this and leave a comment with a link to the tweet, you’ll up your chances of winning.
Let’s do it!
UPDATE: Congratulations to Maryanne, whose name I just pulled. You’re going to BlogHer PRO!
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Despite multiple BlogHer attendances I have never met you IRL but I see that we share a dream of self care. Looking forward to attending should I be selected. It’s very generous of you to pass on this pass.
I dream of publishing a book, and I would love to attend BlogHer. It would be amazing to win a pass, and to get connected with Rita Arens!
I’m really excited about hopefully attending BlogHer Pro… I feel stuck with my website right now. I either give it all my time and have none left for quality family time and self care (and no income from it) or I leave it too long and feel guilty and unaccomplished. I definitely feel on the verge of unlocking something but really need the key and some guidance on just how I should be doing this or could improve that. Thank you for this awesome giveaway!
Here’s my Tweet (personal account): https://twitter.com/cestshari/status/534783790921420800
I really want to take my blog to the next level and hopefully (one day) make it my full time career. Going to BlogHer Pro would help me get prepared for 2015 because I still need to make a media kit (it’s been on back burner for a while) and it would open up my blogging connections in Silicon Valley.
I also tweeted about the giveaway 🙂 https://twitter.com/pinkonthecheek/status/534810344833966080
This sounds absolutely awesome. And it would be an incredible day-late birthday present!
In a lovely case of serendipity, I just blogged about ‘Care of Self’ here: http://suerobins.com/2014/11/14/care-of-ourselves/. My theme? Our cups get empty when we are neck deep into parenting.
I dream of quitting my day job and devoting myself to the advocacy I work on in my (ha ha) “spare time”. I try to remember to fit self care in as well but there is always a sense of so much more to do! I’d love the chance to go to Blogher if I happen to be selected.
My favorite part of the journey is finding out what those little self care moments are. Waking up first and starting the tea kettle. Or yoga even if I’m tired. Or smiling at the kids “I know you can handle it” rather than contorting myself into seventeen different poses to solve their problems. BlogHerPro might be one of my professional self care moments.
Congrats to Maryann! (if she can’t make it, I would love to go!)
Congrats! (And me too) 🙂