Moving On

Three years, seven months, and nineteen days ago, my husband and I left our long-time corporate jobs for a well-planned early retirement.  I wanted to share my experience, keep my mind engaged, and my fingers in the business world (part-time), so we founded Haropulos Bailey Consulting.  Along with several interesting consulting assignments, we have been honored to provide some free advice and coaching for friends whose careers are still in full swing. 

Each Monday morning for the past few years I have been blogging; commenting on current events, ruminating on lessons learned from past experience, and suggesting ideas for overcoming challenges faced in a corporate environment.  There is now a library of 140 original blog postings online, which I have been pleased to discover have attracted thousands of readers worldwide.

The time has come to leave our business-focused alter egos by the wayside and transition fully and gleefully into retired life.  This will be my final posting on the Haropulos Bailey Consulting blog.  (Existing postings will remain online.)  Thank you for your interest and frequent inspiration.  We would be grateful to hear from you if we have helped or inspired you in return.

I invite you to follow my other blog, chronicling retired life:  Runaway Boomer.

Time to move on.  I have an 11:30 tee time.  Happy New Year and New Plans!

52 Weeks of Blogging

It has been one year since I started this Haropulos Bailey Consulting blog. Every Monday I have had the self-generated pleasure and pressure of posting original material as a means to share snippets of my business experience, give unsolicited advice, rant, and reflect. This is proving to be an interesting journey for me, which I hope others are enjoying and appreciating as well.

Some fun and interesting tidbits:

• TOTAL PAGE HITS: 1,875
• MOST VISITORS ON A SINGLE DAY: 53
• MOST PAGE LOADS ON A SINGLE DAY: 69
• GLOBAL REACH: 76% of my visitors are from all over the U.S. The other 24% have been from at least 26 other countries, plus Puerto Rico and Guam.
• MOST READ: Highest readership on a single blog entry has been for 10 Ways to Screw-Up Your LinkedIn Presence.
• MY FAVORITE: Shifting Tides of Communication, because I learned some thought-provoking things from interviews of several 16-20 year olds.
• OBSERVATION: Humor, sarcasm and a catchy title draw readers. (I’m not always that clever.)
• MOST EFFECTIVE PROMOTION: Googling related subjects on high profile web sites and adding my blog link as a comment, offering more information. 
• BIGGEST CHALLENGE: Motivating readers to share their comments and ideas.

Thank you for visiting. Come back soon and often.