WHY OF COURSE WE WILL STAY IN TOUCH!!

Today's article will not be about the statistics in marketing ventures or one of my rants about our public education system.  This article is about all of us who are on this board and most likely very career-minded and like to network as well.

As such, this means we take more risks than others and make decisions like move from town-to-town, or even to the next building over to enhance our careers.

Each time we do this, we make new friends, some that become lifelong friends and others that will disappear from our lives.  Whenever we move on to our next adventure, we always tell these friends and colleagues that "Of course we will stay in touch!!".

But because we all live such busy lives, it really is impossible to keep in constant contact with everyone we promise- so we only do so for the few who have become very special and meaningful people in our lives.

I, as well as most of you feel really bad and conflicted about this.  This weighs heavy on my mind, because I feel like I'm not honoring people that mean something to me and probably think I no longer care because I either don't reach out, or worse yet, don't return their message.

I'm guilty of this even though I myself feel hurt and sometimes take it personal when I don't hear from you, or if you don't return my message.  I'm here today to tell you that I understand.

With that said, I am going to remedy this by making a point to take time out of each and everyday to reach out to one of you individually in some form or fashion and let you know that I really do miss you - appreciate you and most importantly want to thank you for what you have meant and done for me.  And hopefully will follow through when I tell you again that "We will stay in touch!!"

I'm also hoping that this message will resonate with you all as well, and maybe this can be a "pay it forward" scenario whereby we all try to now take the time to reach out to ourselves and let us know that we still have meaning in your lives.

And as an additional goal I've made to myself, I would like to ask each of you to please in-mail me or respond here (if it doesn't bother you) to give me your birth date.  And yes ladies, you can leave the year off!

With that said, I want to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy weekend!

Happy Friday, and "I will be in touch!!" You can bet on it!

~Emily A. Neary