So I started my new marketing job and I’ve learned that a big part of it is sucking up to other people to fill my quota of the month.

So to help me out, my mother had invited me to a dinner. At this dinner were the exact people that will help me make my quota, make my bonus, and basically pay off my tuition.

Not only did I have to basically sell myself and my product in a room full of people who wanted nothing to do with what I was selling for the moment, but my mom, being the stage mom she is, had included me in the entertainment list of the evening.

Singing in front of people isn’t nerve racking for me. Put a stage out for me and I’ll do it. But when there’s no real reason as to why I’m singing except for my mom trying to show me off to people who don’t care, it seems all very pretentious.

The evening went well, though. People were talking to me and I collected business cards of several people who want me to come into their office next week. And I even got the business card of a percussionist who wants me to sing for him.

Pays off to step out of the box every now and then.