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November 2021 Wins

Off topic: it looks like Blogger finally updated its platform to resize images appropriately. It only took, what? 5 years? 

I saw an old post of mine talking about wins, and it occurred to me that I don’t talk about that enough. I’d like to make a point of doing a post once a month about it, but… *shrug*

So November wins:

  • Made a bunch of new friends (a bunch at Luci) at the SEGD conference
  • Went to the Eastern State Penitentiary’s Halloween Nights
  • Went to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia
  • Was recognized a lot at IAAPA. I don’t have to work so hard to network anymore
  • Met my mentor Kile Ozier in person
  • Ran for the TEA board (and lost, but that’s okay)
Early December wins:
  • Spoke with Carol at the Smithsonian and got a TON of incredibly helpful feedback. 
  • Won the bid for the Hamilton East Public Library largely (almost entirely) due to me
  • Impressed my MIA clients and am moving forward on that project
  • Met Marina Heck, a world famous and LOCAL pole dancer, who I’m planning on taking privates with
  • Started trapeze classes again with Annabelle. I totally sucked, but you gotta start back somewhere
  • Took a boxing workshop with my old instructor Donna. It’s been over a year since I’ve done combatives

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