Blogging memories day 3, home

Disney Institute speaker Jeff Noel
Seven years after the 1999 Disney Institute phone call inquiry, i had become a bit of a Disney Institute fixture.

What are some of your earliest blogging memories?

My original blogging idea started in 2007 because i thought Disney Institute (DI) Facilitators could each have a blog and share Disney Institute essence, content, offerings, etc, as we traveled the globe.

Ultimately, this never gained traction at Disney Institute.

So, i redirected my passion and vision…

My thinking was, let me be an early adaptor, get in the “blogging game” so to speak, and be ahead of the curve once blogging became corporately less fearful.

Never saw coming what was about to happen in 2008-2009.

Remember the Great Recession?

So the ripple-effect caused Disney layoffs, including a couple DI colleagues.

Long story short, i committed to creating a ‘Plan B’ in case something so unexpected and severe ever happens again.

This Plan B morphed into me launching an LLC January 1, 2009. And making a commitment to retire in 2014 with 32 years of Disney and Disney Institute experience.

Nearly two years after becoming enamored with blogging’s business marketing potential, i published my first personal (or professional) blog post October 2008.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

By jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.