Well, I told you that I enjoyed a pre-New Year’s Eve Party a couple of nights ago, right?
And you know my goal is to Start the New Year Right, right?
So last night, I took a break from the world and spent the last hours finishing up some videos I edited and put up on YouTube. Ya see, I did this 8 week Series on Women’s Health, Wealth, Social Media, Radiation Safety, etc. I get that from the decades in my past when I was a radio Newswoman. I love to interview. At first, it was just chefs, restaurant owners, etc. But it morphed into something way more fun for me.
But with every drop of sunshine comes some rain.
It was impossible to find a good videographer. Good crew, good editor. I even had a guy lose my footage, and that actually happened more than once. Another guy had 3 shows in the ‘can’ and never edited them, and never gave them to me. What a waste of my efforts.
And at the end of the day, I decided to do it myself. Remember that commercial?: “Mother, please! I’d rather do it myself”? lol Well, that’s me. I grabbed my best camera person, who actually owns Jen Allen Media because she was willing to just operate camera, let me frame the shot, advise about the lighting, and simply shoot the show and transfer it onto my computer and back up drive. Cool beans. It was way cheaper and I thought….. way less complicated. But what I did not count on is the steep learning curve to learning video editing. And I worked on it day and night…. spent more time at the Apple Store then my house (know all the guys by first name now)! lol
So, the promise I made to myself was to ‘get it all edited and up on YouTube before the years’ end’. Now I did have one that was a three part series with Rick ‘i’, talking about LinkedIn, that was edited beautifully but for some reason (unknown to me right now), it won’t ‘take’ on YouTube. it’s under 10 minutes, it’s published and loaded, but it doesn’t show up in my video manager. Any suggestions? mm@chefmarian.com.
Anyway, the point of today’s blog is to start the New Year right! Stop procrastinating! Get off your duff and rock your own world! There’s no one gonna do it but you! Organize. Finish up projects you’ve been putting off. Make a game plan of how you’re going to …..(fill in the blanks like get healthier, get independent, get wealthier, get smarter, etc) and just DO IT!
That’s my suggestion because after investigating my health and cleansing this past month (yes, during the holidays)…. I’m better. I feel better. I’ve got my ‘game plan’ for the New Year mapped out… and I’m moving forward!
If you are too…. write and tell me about it! We all can inspire each other!
Happy Eating,
Chef Marian
mm@chefmarian.com