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Happy Birthday SocialButterfly…and Me!

Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | SocialButterfly

Today marks SocialButterfly’s 1-year birthday.

This past year was full of surprises, new adventures, and has been such a great whirlwind that I feel much like the kitten in the picture - trying to catch my breathe and “paws.” My anthem for 2008 was “Too Blessed to be Stressed,” and many times, I found myself needing to be reminded of just that.

This past year, I:

• Moved 4 times, one being from the middle of the Missouri River in Columbia, Missouri to the row houses of Capitol Hill.
• Have been deliriously happy as a new bride-to-be. After a two-year, long distance relationship, my honey and I are now sharing the same city and enjoying building a new life together. Bless our hearts, we looked at 33 different places in DC before we decided upon our current apartment. Needless to say, I felt like we had earned our real estate licenses!
• I graduated grad school, finished a fellowship, wrote and presented my thesis paper across the pond, and began a full-time gig doing what I love - social marketing and social media marketing.
• Worked with a total of about 8 part-time volunteers, including my parents, one of my best friends, and a few people from our community in Arkansas, through a grassroots effort, created and built a fund raiser for Multiple Sclerosis and raised over $70,000 in one night - making my total efforts in four years of MS fund raising a total of $325k+.
• Made many new friends and colleagues that continue to inspire me through Changebloggers, motivate me through connections on Twitter and online community, support me in my development and run the race with me….so to all you readers and friends, I hope I have done the same for you in return. If not, give me a little kick in the pants, and I’ll get going.

For 2009, who knows what will be next….but I promise you, we’ll be sure to keep it interesting. As a fellow reminder to both myself and my readers, keep perspective, and as a friend of mine once told me, “Keep the main thing, the main thing.”

Not only is it the blog’s birthday this week, but it’s also mine…in case the title through you for a loop. =)

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7 Comments to Happy Birthday SocialButterfly…and Me!

Thursday Bram
December 23, 2008

Congratulations on your blogiversary — and Happy Birthday!

Praline
December 23, 2008

Happy Birthday!
Congrats on the first of many excellent years to come for this blog.

Nedra
December 26, 2008

Happy birthday to you and your blog! You are truly blessed with so many good things in your life, and I hope they will just keep growing and growing!

Kyle Lacy
December 27, 2008

Congratulations on everything you have accomplished! I look forward to another year of SB!

admin
December 28, 2008

Thank you all. I’ve been slacking a bit this past month, no worries though, SocialButterfly will continue to blossom, thank you for continuing to read, your great conversations and the added motivation/inspiration.

Best wishes to all in 2009! Look forward to keeping in touch and learning together.

Mike N-W
December 29, 2008

I wish you a very Happy New Year of Life, Alex, for you and your blog! A toast to a very neat person, ardent social marketer and inspirational blogger!

Mike
December 30, 2008

Happy Birthday to both you and your blog (is it tough having a blog day so close to a birthday?) - I hope 2009 surpasses 2008 - keep up the great work!

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