L&S Unscripted

Quality of Life, Quality of Work and Quality of Operations. The agency has an internal mantra that speaks to a well-balanced life. Being a new employee and wanting to embrace all that is 5280, I have put it to the test this week. My family has been a bit under the weather over the past 10 days. It started with a double ear infection for my 5-month old son and now my 22-month old daughter has Influenza B. My husband Clint and I have used excessive volumes of sanitizing wipes and hand gel to keep the germs at bay. This is also the week that I have started back on my quest to be more fit by running on our treadmill in the basement of our house. Reading this, you may be thinking - what is she doing? Is she crazy? Working, family, treadmills - is all worth it? Yes, and it’s because I love my life and I love my job.

Last week I spent time discussing full circle marketing, and this week it’s about a “full circle” life. The agency is built by the hard work and dedication of a great team, or teams, of people. People who have personal lives that need to be balanced with the work we do each day. Our teams are willing to take on new challenges each day - finding innovative ideas for campaigns, embracing new technology, or submitting revision number 20 for a client. And in return for this dedication, for the hard work, the agency returns the favor in a meaningful way, aka through support of my personal challenges and allowing me to use resources such as remote access

I’ll continue to have days of sick kids or struggle with finding time to work out, but in the end, I know that I’m supported in all that I do, work-related or not, because of the people I interact with each day. This passion, our shared motivation, makes it easy for me to enjoy my life at L&S. Even though I have personal commitments, I am also committed to my team, which includes our many clients.

Passionately posting,

Billie Jo