The New Frontier
Early this afternoon, in the middle of my weekly therapy session, I got the alert that a new email arrived. But this was not your normal email. This was an email from the editor of businessinsider.com that my blog had just been posted on his website. I had been waiting for about two weeks for this email. Needless to say, the tone of the therapy session changed immediately. Normally, I turn my off ringer during the 60-minute soul searching, but for some reason, today I did not. I guess I know the reason now. When I reached out to businessinsider.com, in addition to Oprah & Rosie, the New York Times & the Wall Street Journal (among others), I really didn’t expect any response. After all, no response is what I have been getting plenty of during my long run as a member of the unemployed. But unlike the others, I did get a response from the Henry, the editor. He said that my blog was “interesting and often moving”. Sounds like a compliment to me. He also said he would pu...