Keeping a Secret

Well friends. It’s official. I recently accepted a new position at a strategic research firm just outside of Washington, DC. Before you reach for the tissues, don’t shed any tears yet, I actually get to work from home for now and travel to DC as needed.

As my blog might tell you, I have wrestled with what I want to do, which area of marketing communications I want to specialize in and one thing has been made clear over the past few years – I like change. I like variety. I like working on business development and driving sales and most important – I love a challenge. In my new position, I will be working with an incredibly smart and talented bunch of PhD’s and research analysts - and I can promise you that I will be challenged on a daily basis.

I am sure there are people out there who can’t believe I am leaving my position after only seven months; and while I appreciate the concern – trust me… I couldn’t have imagined a position so perfectly suited to me as this new opportunity. I have the chance of a lifetime to work from home, focus on my professional growth and development, actually live the work/life balance I so often talk about (finally back on track with running/gym plans)– and travel to a city that I could someday see myself moving to – Washington, DC. And, I just might have the most loyal co-worker a person could imagine – Cooper the Dog.

Granted I will miss the camaraderie of going into the office at times, I look forward to a very productive at-home office and conversation with marcom professionals all over the country on Twitter. And of course visiting my favorite places in Milwaukee once again for the occasional coffee, lunch meeting and happy hour. 

That’s it for now. More blogging to come now that the news is ‘public.’