Members of The Bloc Reminisce About 2021 & Look Ahead to 2022

Excited.

Grateful.

Focus. I tend to want to do all the things all at once, and everyone knows that's not feasible, nor does it produce the best results. At my job and in my personal life, I am going to work on being more focused in this ever-distracting world.

Positivity.

Flexible.

While on a video call with a coworker, my 4-year-old blurted out, "I have to poop!" Then, 5 minutes later, "I'm all done!"

During a training call, the gal running the meeting had a background on her video that showed an office. We all thought she was actually in the office until we noticed a shirtless man crawling across the floor. He ended up sitting in the background for a while while we all tried to maintain our composure. Luckily, he left shortly after.

My daughter decided to enter my office during a meeting in her Elsa dress (from the movie Frozen). I didn't even notice until I saw her face on my screen. Most of the meeting participants were trying to hold it in while she walked behind me, got something off our printer, and walked back out. Too cute!

A team member showed up to a virtual meeting dressed like the Hulk with a fully painted green face.

My sweet, sweet 7-year-old was home sick. He threw up all over himself and didn't want to interrupt my call, so he just sat patiently waiting for me to be finished before letting me know.

Our CTO, Cory Schmidt, changed his virtual background image to our CEO, Adam Lewis’ home office. It was hilarious.

Finding balance.

As well as working from home went, I started going back into the office, and I find I enjoy getting to leave my house every day, so I'll probably keep that going. As a part of that, I started riding my bike to work, which is a nice way to spend some time outside. As soon as it's not snowing or below 40 degrees, I'll start that up again.

Simplifying. I've been pretty aggressively paring down the variety of hobbies, projects, loose ends, and activities I undertake that require brain space, physical space, and time. It is kind of like a big reset that has allowed me to get back some spare time and regain some flexibility.

Standing while at work rather than sitting.

Asking questions, listening to understand the need, and then, if we can help them, showing prospects how and why AgencyBloc is the best choice for them and their business needs.

Cleaning my desk and desktop off once a week. It's nice to have a fresh start on Monday!

Paying a mortgage.

I am a terrible goal-setter, so to better establish goals is a great goal.

In 2022, I want to be more organized in all areas of my life (more solid routines + processes and sticking to them) to simplify and be more efficient.

I'd like to learn one new thing creatively each week. Whether it's a new shortcut, a new way of doing something, or a new trend, I think it's important to consistently be learning, grow, and be better and more efficient at what I do.

Hone in on my strengths and use them in my new role on the marketing team.

Move more!

Give myself more grace and work on saying “no.”