On Monday, as I prepped for the first full-scale event for The Enterprising Moms, which was taking place on Tuesday (and was a resounding success, by the way!), I ran into a couple of technical glitches, one of which left me without access to email for more than a day and a half. I wasn’t able to send email confirmations to those who registered that afternoon, I wasn’t able to complete my PowerPoint presentation, or to address many other outstanding communications prior to or since the event.
What surprised me about all of this is that I didn’t panic, which I might have done in the past. After all, this was our first big event and I wanted it to go smoothly. In the past, I might have looked at these glitches as signs of what was to come with the event. And truth be told, we did have a couple of technical glitches there as well — but, I didn’t go down that path. I remained calm, considered the worst possible outcome, accepted it, and then did what I could with the resources I had available. And, I trusted that it would all work out — and it did.
One of the things that I believe contributed to my shift in perspective about being ‘cut off’ due to the email failure and other technical glitches was a new appreciation of social media and how it has affected everyday living. In the past, without access to email, I felt everything came to a grinding halt; the way I might feel if I lost access to the internet (yikes!).
But with social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter and technology like my iPhone, I still felt connected. I realized that if I needed to, I had other ways of reaching out and connecting and of keeping tabs on what was going on with my people of interest. For me, it represented a major shift in thinking about communication and just how many options there are. I didn’t end up using these tools and chose to focus on preparation for the event and then fixing the tech issues later, when I could. But just knowing that these options existed gave me peace of mind enough to focus on what I needed to do with clarity and a wave of positive energy. Now, it’s time to catch up!
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