by Shannon Penrod
Just so we are clear, I love words. The word overwhelmed has come up so much in the last few days that I found myself wondering if it is possible to be simply whelmed, without being overwhelmed. Which brought up the question, Is whelmed even a word? I’ve never heard anyone say, “I’m feeling whelmed.” So I looked it up in the online dictionary, and it turns out whelmed is a word. It means submerged or covered with water. Ah, well that makes sense.
As a Mom who works I often feel whelmed and lets face it once you are whelmed it’s a very short putt to overwhelmed. A client needs something 48 hours sooner than they thought they needed it. I start to feel whelmed, and before I can even acknowledge that I’m whelmed, my 4 year old decides that he is absolutely starving despite the fact that dinner is only an hour away. The phone rings as he pulls an entire bag of pears out of the refrigerator dumping them all over the floor and ladies and gentleman we have overwhelmed!
I have to admit that I am ashamed at how often and how easily I feel overwhelmed as a Mom. Overwhelmed wasn’t even part of my vocabulary before I was a Mom, it was something I associated with being incompetent. I always thought “What is the use of being overwhelmed? It only slows you from doing the thing you need to do – focus and forge ahead!” Ahh, silly naive thoughts, before motherhood.
I’ve decided I need a new association for the word overwhelmed, more fitting to its actual meaning. From now on when I am overwhelmed I’m going to picture myself underwater. Nice cool, quiet, blissful water, where it’s serene, no phones ring, no emails appear, I am light and buoyant and my breasts defy gravity. It turns out overwhelmed isn’t so bad after all!
Chances are you posted a picture of yourself that reflects you as the friendly confident person that you are and right alongside your picture is your company’s name and logo. That’s all fine, since certainly you want your site’s viewers to feel confident in your abilities, however in today’s society a lot more is going to be needed to convert your viewers to clients.
Ever feel like you’re in a race against the competition for clients? Let me tell you this: constantly hounding them for their business is not the way to go.
Right now I have a horrible, lingering, downright debilitating cold and sinus infection. Yes, of course I’ve been hacking and sniffling all week, but optimist and procrastinator that I am, I’ve pooh-poohed any notion of any kind of doctor’s visit. Why? I hate shelling out a $35.00 co-pay simply to be told, “Drink lots of fluid and rest.” That’s money that could be used toward something useful, like our once a week restaurant dinner, thank you very much. Besides, I rarely get sick. 
Hello.
The best way to make your website user focused is to find out what your potential clients really want to know. You might think that as a professional, you already know this information but don’t be so sure about that.
on small buildings and crush them. At least that’s what it feels like.Having said that, and we can all sense a Mad Mommy Monster rant coming on…..I want to make one thing perfectly clear. I am not anti –vaccination, I am pro parent choice. I am not a scientist, I am a Mom, the jury is still out for me on vaccines. But I whole heartedly believe in parent’s rights to choose what goes in their children’s bodies, and I am a super supporter of Mother’s instincts, which I believe transcend science.Okay, end of disclaimer, on to the rant!
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