...networking...

I had the opportunity to attend the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo this last weekend. It was a great, if exhausting, weekend. I went with my buddy Tim who works for Houchen Bindery, and runs their comic binding department (check these guys out - bound comics are awesome). So I spent most of the weekend working the Houchen booth, but I did have an opportunity to talk to and get to know a lot of people who are making comics.

I hesitate to use the word networking, because it leaves a bit of a bad taste in my mouth, but that’s really what I was doing. I spoke with probably twenty people, and there are three or four whom I think I may have further contact with down the line. In what capacity, I’m not really sure. But that’s the point for me - I get to talk to these people who have similar interests, goals, and talents, and that’s fantastic in and of itself. But, there may come a time down the line when I am able to help them with something, or they are able to help me, or both!

That’s really the fun part for me - getting the opportunity to meet new people and maybe even help them. I guess that’s networking. It’s still a little hard for me. I tend to be a touch on the shy side. I would definitely call myself an introvert. But I have found that I definitely enjoy the process of talking to people now that I feel a little more confident.

I’ll keep working on it. Hopefully opportunities will reveal themselves because of some these new connections. But if not, at least I will have had the opportunity to talk to these new folks. Yeah!

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