This week I’ve recommitted myself to blogging here and to continuing my work on my business site, rikermedia.com. Working 4 jobs, raising a family, and trying to get by every day tends to take its toll on me and sometimes I hit a rut like the one I fell into a recently. 

Thankfully I seemed to have snapped out of it after my best friend won his bodybuilding competition and earned his pro card and after I attended the Rush concert in Cleveland last weekend. Both events seem to have recharged my batteries and I’ve found myself working late into the night all week and most importantly, glad to be doing it. 

I imagine everyone has ups and downs, times of extreme productivity and times of nearly no productivity. I’m not sure what other people do to snap out of a rut, and quite frankly I’m not sure why the two events I mention had such an effect on me, but they did and I’m grateful for it. 

Through it all I’ve been continuing to get better using Twitter. I’ve gone from being a ‘lurker’ who only watched Tweets, to someone who is engaging with people and sending some of my own Tweets. I’ve also tried to reTweet things I think are helpful or interesting, particularly to the Riker Media Twitter account and I’m seeing solid results in the number of followers I’m gaining. I’m not really hung up on the number of followers anyone has, but I do think it’s an indication that people are interested and it also gives me a chance to interact with more people. 

As spring arrives here in western NY, hopefully things continue to bloom for me and Riker Media. I feel the momentum building and each little thing, like a new follower or interaction on Twitter or new improvements to rikermedia.com serves to propel me forward, hopefully to bigger and better things.