To the count of 3, make a wish! That is it: OFL is reaching the tender age of 3. What a ride, a temper, a series of rollercoaster-like palpitations, including deceptions, excitements and other decision-making exercises. And it is not over yet. Comparing that length of time to a wedding anniversary, we celebrate with leather (for the traditionalists) or with crystal (for the modernists). Either way, the learning curve keeps getting refined day after day, similar to a nicely chiseled glass: the one we use for special occasions, for a wine full of subtlety, and that we hand wash, as a sign of respect. Sure there is a bit of pride, mixed with a happy surprise to have gone \u201cthat\u201d long.<\/p>\n
I broke a \u201cbit\u201d of glass, for sure: the biggest amount was certainly backstage, where all the magic happens (or not). I took more classes, seminars and attended more refresher events than I thought I would, and it is all for the better. The challenge is delicious to undertake, whichever angle it is coming from. Polishing up on skills and being exposed to a rather diverse panel of clients make\u00a0an uplifting idea of the future. I am going through that 3-year mark that so many business analysts and other small business experts use as a threshold to determine if it can make it or break. What I am looking at breaking focuses more on records than sustainability (and stability too), thank you (there might still be some glass though, and I will make it bearable, if and when that happens).<\/p>\n
Canada celebrated its 146th<\/sup>.\u00a0birthday<\/a>\u00a0this week: OFL has less candles to blow out, and as long as it can jump (and as long as I make it jump), I want to salute the ones who keep supporting and trusting it. Now is the time: like the\u00a0Toronto Pride<\/a>\u00a0last week, I want to continue and compose with more colours, diversify and build memories, stretching to a realm of possibilities. Regularly stepping outside of my comfort zone is a key that has opened many unexpected doors, and I like it. I am happy to feel awkward and uncomfortable (and in 3 years, it has happened often\u2026) when I try something new: I want more of that, and it is not a 3-year old tantrum.<\/p>\n Jumping without a safety net is a learning and daily process, and often scary to think about (I know I have expressed some resistance to it in the past: working on it). I am lucky to have some guidance, here and there, to remind me of what is essential and what qualifies as a priority for OFL, and myself. So, now\u2026 action!<\/p>\n Photo credit \u00a9 Ambro\u00a0– “Candles on hand”, Stock image\u00a010040072<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To the count of 3, make a wish! That is it: OFL is reaching the tender age of 3. What a ride, a temper, a series of rollercoaster-like palpitations, including deceptions, excitements and other decision-making exercises. And it is not over yet. Comparing that length…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[143,72,9,39,158,190,98,83,12,177,6,141],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-item","tag-adventure","tag-anniversary","tag-business","tag-challenge","tag-decision","tag-diversity","tag-entrepreneur","tag-feel","tag-focus","tag-leap","tag-learning","tag-mind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}