Concrete Steps

After months of deliberating, and email drafting, and Googling, I finally took the plunge and sent off one email to an Alaskan B&B.

It came back undeliverable.

Not deterred so easily, I decided to broaden the net – this time I emailed 10 places. In each email, I expressed interest in learning more about their experience in the field, and wanted to know if their would be opportunities to work with them in Summer 2017, when I would be in Alaska and planning to find a job working for a B&B.

Immediately I got a form response from one place stating they were busy and would get back to me soon (I’m still waiting…).

But over the next few days I heard back from five more places. One told me they were family owned and run and didn’t need help, but the other four expressed interest in speaking further.

While I didn’t know what to expect, I certainly didn’t expect a 50% response rate, and for it all to be so positive!

As my brother told me (not the one in North Dakota) – “Luck favors the bold!”

Stay tuned for more updates on this front!