@ sxsw: sit down and be ok with ‘what if’…

I got here a few hours ago. nearly collapsed on my hotel bed, but remembered reading somewhere  to get my badge asap, place closes in 1 hour.

sigh.

off the bed, refresh, chewing on some organic energy cliff candy becky left in my car (which i now carry in my purse, subsequently all the way to austin). so, scouring the streets, chewing on a ‘candy’ that would my make my dentist scowl, happy its a warm and balmy, happy to be in sandals… looking for yet another convention center.

found my new crowd, hopped into the mega building, found the non-line, line for ‘presenters.’ that’s me.

i’m here to lead a core conversation called ‘Citizen Journalism and the little NGO that could.’ http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/443

… and its a total honor. this crazy idea i had a few years ago landed me here. tho not really landed, because it’s a continuum. this past week was monumental. something snapped in me and all of the sudden (i know, i say this often, but this is different.. and i say that often cuz it is) a whole new realm opened up. all of the sudden i let go of what could happen if i do these next 5 things to what could happen, and i don’t know what 5 things it takes to get there.

but what if….

… and shazam. i had some conversations this week that catapulted my mind  and salaamgarage into that space. and the next 5 things to get to well, those 5 things seem totally insignificant now.

obscure, i know. but i think one reaches a point in their career, or life where you can either just do the next 5 things and check ‘em off, or imagine what if, and let the 5 -500 things appear eventually, because there was no way to have ever scribbled how to answer what if on the to-do list.

you see, this is the whole deal with our sxsw panel. forget the to-do list. really, sit down and be ok with ‘what if.’ because its that thinking that will expand this planet to a place we’ve never imagined possible.

does this make sense?

stay tuned, from sxsw in austin,
amanda

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