Dreaming the dreams was fun, but making them happen takes a whole lot of work, and a whole lot of time. Tell me something - how many stay-at-home moms take on the challenge of running a marathon and starting a social networking website in the same breath? (www.mypax.com)
The holiday season has a funny way of making people wish they had someone special in their life. And so last Christmas, Cupid was playing hard to get with my sister, and I was thinking of a "date-my-sister" kinda site. But knowing all to well, that she would be totally embarrassed and give me that "loser" look, I ran this idea by the husband, who like any entrepreneur was like "great idea baby" but lets tweak it a bit. So after thinking and brainstorming, and signing up for just about every dating site out there, we came up with a few good ideas, that evolved into some great ideas.
Facebook is a good thing, it may not be the best thing. After getting tons of invites to join FB, I finally decided to give it a go, and yoohoo in the next month I had over a 100 friends - was I popular or what, where did these friends come from and what did they want..Maybe they were in a quest to win the competition for most friends - I'd never know. After exchanging hi's, and perfunctory "your kids look great" and "you look cute" lines, I have no idea what to do with the site. Could this be it! Is this all FB is all about?? How could I make new friends, or find a partner to train with me, or even get advice on good running shoes or a damn plumber? I did put an ad on Craigslist, but got a bunch of replies from weirdo's and sex maniacs, whom I knew nothing about and were a waste of time anyways - jeez all I wanted was a running partner - why was that so hard to find. So I thought...Is there any site that can give me a holistic view of a person?? And I got thinking how perfect would it be, if a site lets me know what a person likes, where they work, who they hang out with, which school they went to, what things they are good at. Having a play date for my toddler would be so much simpler and safer, not to mention easier if I have all this information at hand. And that's how my site was born, well at least the idea. After going thru a trillion names, the one that made the most sense was " My Pax"(stay posted for a later blog on the name).
Between handling 2 kids, a dog, a husband, a sister and my crazy hormones, I really didn't have time for doing anything else. For the past 3 years all I pretty much did was change diapers and clean spit ups...bummer! I missed the intellectual stimulation and craved doing something worthwhile with my life. The website was took care of my first problem and the marathon took care of the second. Who would have thought, they both would be so intertwined.
Once an athlete... always an athlete, but the extra 40lbs of flab can make a huge difference. Being done making babies, at least for the time being, I was ready to take on the challenge of running the SF Marathon.
The website and my marathon have both been a well enjoyed journey!! It started out on a whim, but soon became something bigger. I learnt many lessons and faced many hardships. The road to building a dream is faced with anxiety, stress, joy, anticipation, and above all, hard work and dedication. There is nothing sweeter than the taste of victory.
SF Marathon completed. Website successfully launched....Woooohoooo!! Check out www.mypax.com
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