It’s Been a While January 8
Wow. It’s kind of scary getting back on here. I’m actually pretty nervous about this post. It’s been ridiculously long since my last one. I apologize to my readers for leaving you for so long, but even more to anyone who’s ever looked up to me as an entrepreneur. I don’t know how many of you there are out there, but I know I’ve gotten some touching emails in the past.
I won’t try to make this incredibly long. What have I been up to all this time? Well- I’ve taken a lot of leadership positions in my fraternity and that has kept me very busy. The social connections I’ve made in the past semester probably out number the number of connections I’ve ever made in the past. I’ve made friends and brothers. I’ve definitely learned a lot during this time and I’m being challenged everyday. I’m pretty used to “being my own boss” and doing everything on my own as an entrepreneur. However, the fraternity is forcing me to learn how to work with others, deal with difficult situations, outside input, and most of all (so far my most difficult challenge) dealing with criticism.
I sometimes wonder where I’d be if I didn’t join the fraternity. I think about whether I would have been better off. Would I have stayed more focused on entrepreneurship? Yeah probably. However, being a brother is teaching me a lot about working with others as well as allowing me to implement my creative side. Thus far, I have held positions of External Social Chair, New Member Education, and now Rush / Publicity Chair. I look forward to using my marketing skills to pursue a successful Rush this semester. However, being that this isn’t a one man show- I’ve already encountered a ton of doubt, criticism, and aversion to new / riskier ideas from my fellow brothers. All I know though, is that I will continue to be a part of this as long as I see purpose in it. If it any point I feel like my involvement is not a part of a bigger purpose, I’ll reorganize my efforts. I can’t see this happening soon as I do believe in what the fraternity tries to uphold.
As for entrepreneurship, I’m still promoting Walamu on campus and making new advertising partnerships for the upcoming semester. I will also be expanding to another school where I have backing from the fraternity. In addition, I am getting my feet wet in affiliate marketing and hope to create a consistent income by the end of this year. I’ll try to keep everyone updated on my journey, but if anyone ever needs to talk to me just shoot me an IM on AIM at romastaflex. I do tend to get lazy and procrastinate with email so just send me an IM anytime. Once again, I am so sorry for leaving for so long. I am grateful for every one of the friends, readers, and sponsors that I have made through this site.