GenPink

Because sometimes other people take the words right out of my head…

• My Friends Misguided Career Advice Sucks: while I’m not going through what Ashley shares about in her current job hunt I can certainly relate to the “cheer up” advice she is so frustrated about. “But what I need from you now is real advice, some direction. If you cannot do that I kind of need you to stop giving me the worst advice known to man.“
• I’m Turning 30 and I’m Okay With It: I’ve been a fan of Zandria since I started blogging. Last month I turned 28, so the big 3-0 is not to far away for me.
• Being: I love this post … pure and simple.

This morning I opened up my trusty feed reader (feedly), and soon clicked on a post of mine to see how it looked in feedly. There are so many things about using this clean, minimalist feed reader, but one of my favs is the fact that it recommends things "you might also like". The suggested reading for those who like GenPink just so happen to be some of my favorite ladies.

Check it out (I did not pick these – but it’s pretty close to what I would have picked):

• Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist
• Modite by Rebecca Thorman
• Life After College by Jenny Blake
• Zen Habits (ok a guy writes this one – but it’s great!)
• A Life in Translation
• Small Hands, Big Ideas
• Sydney: Unfiltered
• Mad Grad
• Politicoholic by Nisha Chittal
• Ophelias Webb

In exactly 10 days (and a few hours) I will be sitting on a panel with 4 other Gen Y voices at what will be my second adventure to SXSW. We are speaking on Why Gen Y Wants to Work “With” You, Not “For” You. Because our topic is so much about generation y as a whole, and the fact that we are not a fan of those who try to stereotype Gen Y, we’ve created a blog (well and actually a twitter & a Facebook fan page) and have been asking people to submit 2 minute videos with their thoughts on how managers can better connect with Gen Y.

I am so excited by the insight in all of the response’s we’ve received so far. It’s been fun to see how willing the gen y community is to get involved.

Jenny Blake who works in Career Development at Google was the first person to address both sides of the equation in her video. In doing so, she gives some great advice about Gen Y taking ownership of their career. Her exact words are “no one else is going to do it for you.” I could not agree more!

Check out Jenny’s video:

We’d love for you to submit your own video, or guest post if you’re not so much into video and let us know what you’d like to see from your managers. Follow sxsgeny.com to keep up with the conversation!

PS: If you’ll be at SXSW and we haven’t yet connected about meeting up, let me know!

The news clips starts out … "you ‘digital divas’ already love Facebook and Twitter, so why not take your passion to the next level, like the 600+ members of the Social Media Club of Dallas are doing. We learned about this club from a popular North Texas blogger who writes about and for Generation Y. So tonight, this digital diva takes us into her world". You guessed it, that digital diva is ME! I’m sorry I have to say it again, tonight I was on TV, I have officially had my 2 minutes (2:19 to be exact) of fame and I couldn’t be more excited!

You can watch it here on CBS11tv.com
*I am a little disappointed that I can’t embed the video directly on the blog

Insider trading (stuff you wouldn’t otherwise know):

• I’m glad they said my name right – seems like a small thing, but for those of you who have names other than Amy & Jennifer you know what I mean
• I talk really fast … I mean really
• I lovingly call Social Media Club people nerds, I hope no one takes offense.
• Speaking of offense, no disrespect intended for the mommy bloggers.
• Moments after it aired I received a tweet from Frank who had videoed his TV screen with the following message "If u missed @elysa on tv check it out http://ivtweet.com/video?qk"
• I laughed that my dad called me 20 seconds after it ended to ask if I really drove someone home (from sxsw) that I met on twitter. Um sorry dad I did – Zane calls it twitter trust.
• Also, you will likely not be surprised to know my mom (aka the proud peacock) has already emailed out the video to everyone she knows … and she knows a lot of people!

I love what they said about GenPink

Her blog GenPink is described as an explosive, creative, running commentary of life as a twentysomething.

In a about a month GenPink.com will have it’s 3rd birthday! In these 3 years I have had so much fun, and most certainly learned a lot about myself and so many others.

Tonight, I’m being featured on the local television because of this blog. It’s all a little surreal. So in honor of my almost blogiversary and tonight’s newcast I’ve decided to pull my favorite posts from the past 3 years.

I wonder how many GenPink readers have been with us since the beginning? I know at least a few that started in the blogging world about the time I did.

Some of my favorite GenPink posts (some written by me and some by guest bloggers):

• my month long guest post series on the ABCs of Gen Y: I chose 26 words, all representing one letter of the alphabet – A is for Activism, B is for Balance, etc and then researched out to my fellow 20something blogger community for input. I had no idea how much fun, and how much I was going to learn when I had this idea in April of 2008. A little birdie told me there’s plans for another series this April.
• When does Gen X end and Gen Y begin? what started as me researching out of curiosity has come to be my most popular post to date
• Things to do before your 30th (birthday) I wish only I had saved all of the twitter comments that added to the conversation from this blog post.
• Twenty Something Advice: Don’t plan your life based on what other people expect: a great guest post by a college friend of mine
• What do you know in your 30s that you didn’t know in your 20s? are you seeing a trend yet?
• Twenty Something Advice: Make your goals measurable: I’ve been told I’m a "water is hard, rocks are wet results oriented girl" I’m not sure that I can confirm or deny these accusations but I am certainly a goal setter. I think you have to be in today’s competitive workforce.
• N is for Naked: a great guest post from the ABCs of Gen Y series.
• Do you call yourself a feminist?: a pretty intense debate came from this post
• Saying "No": Men vs. Women: some of my best material has been sparked by one quote. This quote still gets me …
  “When a man says no in this culture, it’s the end of the discussion. When a woman says no, it’s the beginning of a negotiation.” – Gavin De Becker (author of The Gift of Fear) – as seen on Oprah’s episode Trusting Your Intuition.
• 25 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Every Sunday
• Gen Y Generalized
• Things Every 18-Year-Old Should Know
• Twenty Something Advice: Is it time for a job change?
• Gen Y: Waking Up Unemployed
• Economic Mess: Are we better off than our parents?

And I’m sure I could keep going. Instead, if by some off change that’s not enough reading for you, all you need to do if press [Browse] at the top of my blog and there are numerous topics to choose from.

So, my question to you GenPink readers – both first timers and veterans – what would you like to see next on GenPink?