[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image media=”69195″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”192851″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”136461″]April 2022 – First-born. First place. First class. First go. First come, first served. Firsthand. First love. First world. First-rate.
Have you ever paid attention to how many phrases there are that include the word ‘first’?
I’m inspired to write about ‘firsts’ this month because there have been a lot of firsts in my life lately (and more to come).
- First vacation since 2019 and first time on a plane since 2020 (I’m embarrassed to say how nervous I was going into this).
- First time I left my plants in the care of someone else with a 100% survival rate (Post-it Note coloured-coded watering system for the win!).
- First industry in-person networking event and in-person meeting (it felt a little surreal and my colleague ended up with COVID, so there’s that).
- First 5 km run in 3 years (the shoulder is finally not screaming at me when I move too quickly; the legs are not so lucky).
- First in-person FAM tour since 2019 (Hello PEI in May!).
- First production of an in-person, indoor, 450+ event coming up in exactly 22 days (can you believe it!?).
- First time to get kicked out of a gym for being too young (this is a story for another day).
Most of the idiomatic expressions using ‘first’ have a level of importance or prestige attached to them. Yet, in the incredibly unscientific analysis of my own list of 2022 ‘firsts’, they are not exactly all sparking joy.
A synonym for first is ‘before all else’. At one point, I was very close to getting a vanity plate that said ‘FIRSTBASE’. As a former competitive softball player, it had meaning. Then, I considered some of the other connotations and decided against it 😉.
We recently refreshed our website and are hoping we’re making a good online first impression.
FUN FACT – Using gifs in the body of an email conjures up feelings of happiness. I am testing the theory with this gif – one of the first to ever hit the internet (turning 35 this year).[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=”69704″ media_width_percent=”45″ alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”102729″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”207048″]If you have a minute, drop me a line about some of your firsts so far in 2022. Until then, happy spring![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=”69199″ media_width_percent=”10″ uncode_shortcode_id=”876313″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
