During a dinner with fellow fashion media friends at Aspen Fashion Week, we naturally fell into the conversation of working in the industry and what we have all learned over the years. It was a wonderful sharing of knowledge, truths and lessons learned. 

One thing that really caught my attention was this idea of building a platform for yourself. Today, it really doesn’t seem to be enough to be simply a brilliant writer, photographer or person! Nope, today you need to build up a base that covers various areas that compliment one another and allow you move forward with force.

To me this does feel right, yet I get caught on the fact that it is a tricky balance. You don’t want to spread yourself too thin, but you do need to be out there. So, I recommend getting out a piece of paper and drawing out where you ultimately want to be. Then, draw arrows down from there into sub-categories (3 or 4) that will lead you there, and get even more granular by bullet pointing the specific steps you can take to get there right now. This is how I make sense of my overwhelming need to ‘do’ ‘create’ and ‘be’! It is wonderful to have those lofty goals hovering overhead, but you need real life action steps to get there- in about three other areas all at the same time.