I respect what they're saying. I see their point of view but this had me thinking all day about the contrasts of opinion regarding their theory, especially because it could pertain to me and how I choose to portray myself and my business online. I sometimes wonder if people are like 'get over yourself' when I post pictures of my work, post blogs, talk about upcoming plans I have, being excited about projects, what have you...I don't want to come off as if I'm this self righteous, self absorbed monster with a perfect life. I don't want to seem as if I'm looking for validation or fishing for compliments either. But the more I thought about their theory the more I felt it unnecessary to post anything negative, ever. Why would I feel the need to post a failure to balance out the good things that happen to validate someone's opinion of me? If that's what 'keeping it real' is...naw, I'm good.
We all have 'friends' on FB that are notorious for being whiney, negative online personas. It's not a good look. I don't want people knowing if I had money woes, or my insecurities, past mistakes, beefs with people, drama or gossip. I choose what I talk about and I choose (90% of the time) to share the good things I have going on. It's all about the law of attraction. The more positive thoughts and actions you omit, the more that will manifest with people and situations and come back to you. I'm not perfect in any sense of the word and never claimed to. I make mistakes, I have a personal life and personal problems like everyone else but why would I need to mesh that aspect of my life with my business.
Hmph...I don't know. That person's post was just thought provoking to me and being the super analytical weirdo I am, I thought I'd yap a little about the topic. It's crazy that social networking sites are such a prevalent part of all of our lives but they are.
Tomorrow I'm going to PSC to lecture/demo for the freshmen cosmetology class. I've done it once before so it's not as intimidating as it was the first time. This is the class Keith's in, so this ought to be interesting. He knows everything about me so when I do my little speech about who I am and what I do...he's probably gonna be like *yawn*. I like going up to the college to speak. I loooove educating when I can. It's just so satisfying to teach someone just starting out a little trick or technique and see that light bulb go off when they get it. I remember being in school and having this instructor/mentor named Mary Anne Watts. Everyone thought she was a real hard ass because she was very structured and passionate about what she did and didn't let anyone take the easy route. I appreciate her so much for that now and even at the time I was like 'this woman knows her stuff....I should really be paying attention'. I remember learning little tricks of the trade she'd teach me and just be so excited to have it click. Now knowing what I do and having the experience I have...I'd like to be someone's Marry Anne Watts and make an impact on their career. That's my plan for when my shoulders are blown out and my knees need replacements from being behind the chair for 30 years. I'll end up being a teacher for sure.
Today at the salon one of my friends and clients, Julie let me do her hair however I wanted and I did this really nice espresso to rich chocolate ombre deals on her. It looked really good. I love when things turn out better than you expect. The lightener lifted to this perfect brown shade that didn't even need to be toned. I followed it up with a deep conditioning treatment and a cut with some blunt bangs and voila! I was pretty happy with it ;) You'd think the best case scenario would be when the client just gives you total creative freedom with their hair but honestly that tends to stress me out the most. There are just so many options at that point. Do I want to try a new technique, go bold, keep it simple...so many outcomes. I guess it doesn't stress me out it just forces me to come up with an instant plan of action with no direction. I feel like I always stand there for a few minutes looking at them like 'duuuuuh'. I'm sure it just seems like a few minutes and I can only hear 'duuuuh' echoing in my head.....they're not wise to it.
Well, I'm feeling a little sleep deprived and delirious so it seems like a good time to bring this here post to close. If I wasn't incoherent and all over the place up til now, I surely will be if I continue on.
Oh one more cool thing that happened today! So, if you know anything about this industry the name Sue Pemberton would mean something to you. She is one of the top 3 colorists in the world, several time NAHA (North American Hairstyling Awards=the equivilent of the Ocars for hairdressing), International Artistic Colorist for Joico, celebrity colorist, the list goes on and on. Well she is my idol. She is the reason I chose to be a color specialist....and a general badass. I wrote her telling her how amazing I thought she was and how much I look up to her body of work and what she's accompished....and she wrote me back! I just kept rereading the post in awe. It certainly was the highlight of my week :) I would love to assist this woman one day...hell, I'd love to be this woman one day. She's pretty damn impressive. Top of her game for sure.
Okay, I'm really done now. I feel like I need to balance out all this good stuff and positivity with something negative now. Ummm, my cat just took a righteous dump that's smelling up the house and I still need to do my taxes. How's that, am I keeping it real enough? Lol.
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