Christmas on Skype

It's an event in itself. The family Christmas. You know the drill...we suck it up for the big day, ignore our Christmas Eve hangovers, ignore the principles of "I'm not talking to you right now" for that one day, and endure the six hours of family, turkey and tradition.

And I missed it.

For the first time in 26 years, I missed the main event. Instead, we were confined to the crew quarters of a super yacht eating turkey sandwiches and drinking moet for breakfast...

They did however skype me in...

BRANDARA: The Spinoff Series

Alright. So the whole point of this BRANDARA caper is to map the journey into becoming the person I was always going to be. SO, in order to complete this challenge, one must set up little goals along the way...

Inspired by my Camino friend Brian, the new BRANDARA: Life List has been created for your viewing pleasure...

http://brandaralist.blogspot.com/

A world of Difference.

This KILLS it in the BEFORE and AFTER stakes.

It's the harsh and very candid reality of Dara BC (Before Camino) and Dara AC (After Camino). These two photo's cleanly capture the divide between the two Dara's. And only six months apart...

May 2009: London, day before heading to Spain




November 2009: Spain, a summer day with Chel by the beach



That's what a bit of world travel will do for you...
Nano said "But Dara, you look so...so...free..."

When I was a Brand Strategist...

In my old life, this is what I did. Create big ideas for big companies. This one was an engineering firm.

They never even knew it was a Take That song...



The idea is that for a global company to work, every person as well as every structure that is built by the company needs to come together. Every One Counts.