The 1% Project: Update for the Week

Well last week got kind of crazy for me and I didn't have much time to write about how I was progressing with the 1% project.  It gets easy to get caught up in the pattern of saying to yourself "I'll just wait til tomorrow to write." Well waiting one day turns into a whole week and before you know it you haven't spent time writing about the important progress or challenges you have faced with your 1% Project.  This is something I need to work on in my personal life.  Not putting things off until later, but instead, tackling the issues and tasks as they arise.  Time to add that to my 1% Project list!

Last week I took great steps towards my goal of being able to better talk with many different types of people and not be nervous.  I had the luck last week to interview for a number of positions with a internet retailing giant.  This interview didn't involve me just meeting with one person, but 4 people all in one day.  Normally I would have been so nervous that I wouldn't sleep the night before, but the night before my big interview I slept like a baby knowing that I have been making 1% improvements on my social skills.  I got dressed in my new suit the next morning, hoping for some good karma from the fact that I had purchased a brand new suit and top for this interview (all on a budget of course!).  I figured new chapter of my life, new suit, new attitude.    I am pleased to say that all of the positive energy I was putting out to the universe seemed to have worked.  I walked into my first interview feeling confident and excited to start the process.   While I may have experienced a small case of the nerves at times, for the most part I remained calm and my usually friendly self.  By the time I left that day I felt really good about all of my interviews and proud of myself for how I acted that day!

The rest of the week I spent continuing my efforts on talking to people in public situations and doing things that make me happy especially because it was Memorial Day Weekend and I spent the long weekend at the place that makes the happiest in the whole world....my beach!