Currently Outside My Comfort Zone (and Possibly My Mind)

If I seem a little scarce for a bit, it’s not because I’ve wandered off into the sunset or finally run away to live with the dragons. Nope—I’ve taken a gig to help pay the bills, and it’s testing every ounce of patience, sanity, and caffeine tolerance I have.

This job is like juggling flaming swords while learning to ride a unicycle uphill… in the rain. I’ve been tossed into the deep end of web page administration, complete with a terrifying number of plugins I’ve never even heard of. Every time I log in, I feel like I’m opening Pandora’s Inbox—something new, glowing, and possibly cursed awaits.

Then there’s the email creation and distribution side—writing messages that go out to hundreds (or thousands) of people at once. I’m one accidental click away from mass-emailing my grocery list or a meme meant for my best friend. Add in advertising, marketing, public relations, and customer service, and it feels like I’ve been handed the keys to a carnival I didn’t know I was running.

To be fair, I am learning. A lot. Like how “responsive design” doesn’t mean replying quickly, and that every plugin has a sworn enemy that will absolutely break your website the moment you update it. I’m building new skills, picking up tech jargon, and slowly realizing that “comfort zones” are for people with less stubborn Wi-Fi.

It’s stressful, but it’s also kind of exciting. These hard-won lessons might come in handy later—for my advocacy work, for my blog, or for the day I finally decide to launch my own digital empire (with fewer pop-ups, I promise).

So, if I go quiet for a bit, just picture me somewhere between “mildly competent” and “professionally panicking,” armed with too many browser tabs and not enough coffee. I’ll resurface soon—hopefully a little wiser, slightly less twitchy, and with a better understanding of why marketing people always drink their coffee black.

Being “Free Range” has never been about staying in the comfort zone—it’s about turning chaos into momentum, one plugin at a time.