I don’t say it nearly enough. I love my job. I think it’s a phrase that most Mindfly employees think on a regular basis. As far as I know, there is no one here who doesn’t want to be here doing what they do.
With only ten full-time employees, we’re each delegated tasks that allow us to spend time working on projects that we really enjoy, from coding to designing to meeting with clients. And while it may seem a tedious to someone else, I love researching and writing content for websites, whether I’m optimizing keywords for a new website or keeping Neighborhood-Kids.com updated every day.
An opportunity on Friday, August 14, reminded me again how lucky I am to do what I do. Kate Simmons of the Heritage Flight Museum invited me to join local media for a flight on a visiting B-17 Flying Fortress.
I was happy to spread the word about the visit of Sentimental Journey in Bellingham and the great learning opportunity for local kids and grown-ups at the museum. Plus, I was simply excited to take a flight over Whatcom County and Bellingham Bay in a fully-restored World War II era aircraft.
On a personal note, the ride made me think of my grandfather, who passed away nearly a year ago. A WWII veteran and 25-year member of the Air National Guard, I know that he would have been proud of me and impressed that I had opportunity to fly in a B-17 for my job. He might have been a little bit envious too.
Read my article about the flight (“Once in a Lifetime Flight”), watch a video on YouTube (“Heritage Flight Museum”), and see photos on Flickr (“Heritage Flight Museum – Sentimental Journey”). I was even able to update my Twitter mid-fight!
Thanks to Kate for inviting me on the flight, and to Mindfly for creating a unique position that affords such exceptional opportunities.
