Date Completed: 5/10/2010 officially (1/18/2010 unofficially)
For the rest of you, Hadley and I met at work in 2008 and at the time, had no idea what this would start. We’ve been careful over the years to keep the line between professional and personal relationships separate though. We were both hoping to further develop our careers in 2010 and knew that once we were separate at work, we’d have an opportunity to have a more personal relationship as friends. This list item was actually more of a marker for career development to motivate me to continue that effort even when it was easy to feel comfortable with a fabulous work situation (great team, work-life balance, flexible schedule, etc.). I knew an indirect benefit was to develop my friendship with Hadley and Facebook was just the associated symbol.
As for the list item, Hadley actually got a little assertive (or perhaps impatient) in January and decided to friend me proactively to encourage our goals to happen. I wasn’t quite ready to take this off the list though, so I decided to hold off until one of us made a career transition. Well, on May 10, I started a new role within our broader company. It was with mixed feelings that I made the move, but I knew my team would continue to flourish. Now, Hadley and I walk the halls together at work just for exercise and mentorship, burn calories together in cardio classes when we can, and are able to socialize freely outside of the office which is fabulous. Mission accomplished!
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Love it! I still have faith that both of our professional goals will come true this year. But now that your professional goal has come true, that frees up more time for you to focus on your FEH! As for me, I need to adjust my professional polygram and place emphasis on "scope" and more emphasis on "money!" :-)
My FEH needs to make THE LIST in order for me to get that done. You and your polygram (or polygon) - classic. I may need to put your career goals on THE LIST too, now that I think about it ;)
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