Daily Archive for October 21st, 2008

Deanne starts something new!

You may not have noticed the new “Comfort Counseling” link over in my “Favorite Sites” list, but something new is slowly coming to life, here in the Comfort household. Over the past few weeks Deanne has been in the process of starting her own private practice!

Finding job opportunities that fit her current needs has been proving difficult, if not impossible. Something not in Portland, and not full-time… So, feeling like she needed to DO SOMETHING, she began to do some dreaming and investigating. The two of us began looking into the requirements of starting a small business: incorporation, insurance, promotion, web site, printing, signage, etc.

Then a really good opportunity came about when our friend Tim Hyatt offered to sub-lease an office in his Northwest Integrative Health Center, a Naturopathic medical practice here in Newberg. So she decided to go for it!

We realize it is going to take some time to get going, but the start-up things are gradually coming together. This week the sign should be up on the corner of Hancock and Meridian Streets and the word will be out!

Here’s a screen shot from Deanne’s Homepage. I couldn’t be more proud of her efforts!

Ever feel like this?

This is not a new drawing, but I thought you might enjoy seeing it. I’ve even forgotten what specific situation prompted it, but I do know it had something to do with my job!

Don’t worry, in my scenario the mouse DOES make it to the hole in the wall. Notice a couple of those cats are not even real, some are asleep, many are lazy, and all the rest will take each other out in the scuffle!

Possible lessons:

  1. The goal may seem far away, but it’s important to keep going.
  2. Concentrate on the destination, not the distractions.
  3. Just like Indiana Jones movies, “Looks bad” doesn’t mean “impossible”