Business Vs. Personal

Here is a question to all of those people out there whose business is online, and who are involved online personally as well.  How does one separate the two?  How important is it?  Ok, so there are two questions

Business vs. Personal

My business life has been online for many years, and needless to say, so has some of my personal life.  Although I do not tend to get involved as much as many, the presence is still there.  As far as personal goes, I want to be able to be myself at some point….and as I am sure is common with everyone, being yourself, in your own skin, isn’t the persona that you use in your business.  There are always two sides to people, and most often, the two should not mix.  Or should they?

Does it impact a business or potential clients of that business to learn more about the personal side of the owners or employees?  Obviously we’re not talking sociopath tendencies here, but rather personal opinions, politics, things we like to do, etc.  How does it impact the client, or you?

For my own opinion, I love to see personal touches with the businesses I deal with.  If the people are a little on the kooky side, all the better.  But then, I am a little on the kooky side myself….takes one to know one

I would love to hear more opinions on this, from both sides of the fence.  Has the internet made business more friendly?  Has a line been crossed?  Or is it okay, as long as the two are separated?

I look forward to any comments on this!

Tags: business, online, personal, personality

A teen, a cat & a snowy spring break

Back into hibernation mode

Spring break is supposed to be a time of getting outside, enjoying the weather and taking a relaxing, nature inspired break from tedious study and work.

Well, here in Michigan on this lovely spring break, it has been snowing for the last 2 days.  After a wonderful thaw and the promise of warm temperatures trees had started to bud, the grass was green and winds were mild and tempting us to step foot outside and break our winter hibernation.  Until it snowed….again….3 inches on the ground….for the last 2 days….and more on the way.

After camera-flash induced wakefulness - cat left in disgust after this shot

This just isn’t right, nor fair.  So how are people dealing with this?  Well, we are complaining…a lot!

And as for my 15 year old daughter and my cat, they have decided to sleep in, cuddle up and go back into hibernation mode.  Here is how I found them coping at 12:30pm today.

Lesson learned…go with the flow and take comfort where you can

Tags: personal, photos