Justin Hackworth or Brook Dennis for Alt Summit
This blog has been something I have been thinking about for quite a few years now. But I'm the type that if I can't do something perfect now, I will put it off until I can. I guess it's a form of procrastination, but I prefer to think of it more as being a "perfectionist"... and that's a good thing, right? At any rate, I had been putting off starting my blog for years, because I didn't have the time to do it the way I wanted. After all, you can't profess to be somewhat of an "expert" in design, yet have a blog that looks less then "design-y".
But I set a goal for myself, a bit of a New Year's resolution, that 2015 was going to be the year I just did it... took the leap, regardless of if it was going to be perfect right out of the gate or not. So thanks to a a business name I've had since becoming a freelance designer seven years ago, a $10 blog template I bought from a Graphic Designer on Etsy and blogger.com, here we are today. This blog is still a work in progress and I'm working on finding my focus, look, stride, voice and consistency, but I'm doing it and excited about where I can take it.
Which brings me to
Alt Summit. I had heard about Alt Summit for many years and I hoped there would come a time when I could attend. For those of you that are not familiar with it, Altitude Summit (or Alt Summit) is a conference for creative bloggers and entrepreneurs that is held in Salt Lake City twice a year (in January and in the Summer). It is a place where, mainly women, though there were some men there as well, can come together, share information, collaborate and inspire one another. It's three days of ideas, parties and fun and I'm so glad I was able to be a part of it this summer!
There was so much information and so many things to share, I've broken it down into five posts that I will share for the next five days (working on that consistency thing). Today I'm going to focus on what I did to get ready for Alt and the opening keynote address.