Interviews and Business Plans

So much for doing this everyday! Well, all has been going well. I met with my entrepreneur mentor to go over what I need to do to get my business plan done and to lay out the time frame. I have been working harder at getting patients through the door for the now than on my business plan for the future. I need to balance those two things because I NEED to get my business plan done in order to have a road map of my business and also so I can get my FSA grant money. So my plan is to get it all done within three weeks. Hope to stick to it. Last time I was supposed to work on it I ended up overwhelmed and watching the Baby Borrowers.

I also had an interview for the Health and Wellness Coordinator position at the high school. I found out that there were 103 applicants. Yikes! And many with great resumes and graduate degrees. (I know someone on the team ;) A bit intimidating but I think that my background and my desire for the position puts me above a lot of them. I think that the supervisor of the group only interviewed around 8 people so that makes me feel good that I got a meeting.

Well, all is good and I'll keep you posted on the progress of all of my many projects. Tonight, I get to read about infertility and acupuncture and rest my weary muscles from the canoe races yesterday.

Graduating

Today I'm feeling fantastic and optimistic. After working my super fun retail job, (actually it really is fun, in a low-power brain sort of way) I headed off to my Micro entrepreneur class graduation. It was nice to see were everyone was at in their business, and of course network, network, network. We'll see if I get any new patients. If I had a dollar for every time an interested person didn't follow through, I would be rich. I'm sure that happens to everybody. So my new mantra should be I will be consistent and persistent. Hey, that sounds pretty good. Maybe I'll add something along the lines of being successful to. Well that's all for tonight, I think I'll cap off my wonderful day with a little whiskey with my sweetheart.

A developing Web-Site

Well, yesterday I was lamenting the slow going of my web-site. And a small miracle happened. My sister helped me put something up and I was able to put more up today. It's basic, but something, so you all should go check it out. It's developing but I'm very happy. www.healom.com
After making many time sucking mistakes on the web-site, I met up with my friend V. She has studied with Dr. Richard Tan, and is helping me work through his often puzzling way of looking at treatment plans. I'm sure it will become easier, but it's quite a bit different than fundamental TCM. So far, I've had great results treating V's knee. It's exciting and I look forward to our weekly study sessions.
It's just nice to keep my head in the game and learn more ways to treat ailments and disease.
Oh, ya, and I'm feeling much better today, still have the blues but I can tell it's passing. Just have to go through it, and not get too down on myself for feeling sorry for myself, that does me no good. Well, peace to you all.

Here we go

Well, this is my first go at blogging. I put this up after seeing the blog site of an old friend of mine. I haven't seen or spoke to her in ages but loved that I was able to see her wonderful photography work and get a bit of insight into what she has been up to. I was able to be on the computer messing around because I took a mental health day. It was hard to call in sick, because I am a very, must go to work even if puking kind of girl. But, last night I had a bit of a mental break down and let too many negative messages, external and internal, in. So, this morning as I recovered from last night, I decided that I would take some concrete steps in the direction of fulfilling my dreams of treating hundreds of people and making the world a healthier and happier place.
I've been in practice for about three years and depending on where I've worked I've been very busy or not at all. Recently, I decided I wanted to work for myself, but man this is hard work and I often feel stuck in glue. So, I figured if I'm stuck, must be because of where I'm standing. Today, I am continuing to try and remedy the situation. I finished revising my application to a closed job posting at the Mayo. Hey, you never know maybe this person they went with won't work out and now they have my amazing stellar resume.
I also got an e-mail back about another job I applied for. A Health and Wellness Coordinator for an inner city alternative high school. It's a grant position and the pay isn't great but the job description sounds like it's right up my ally. And the pay is more than I've been making this last month. Yikes!
Tonight I get to see some friends and unwind with a glass of wine and some good food. It takes a lot out of you when you have a mental breakdown, so this will be welcome.