{"id":667,"date":"2012-03-06T06:27:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T06:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austinukgcucco0.web01.sundaramdesign.comm\/?p=667"},"modified":"2012-03-06T06:27:53","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T06:27:53","slug":"getting-un-ready-for-the-global-coworking-unconference-guest-blogger-gretchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/getting-un-ready-for-the-global-coworking-unconference-guest-blogger-gretchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Un-Ready for the Global Coworking Unconference (guest blogger, Gretchen)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Gretchen of NextSpace and she is headed to Austin, TX for GCUC. But is she ready?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>NextSpace is headed out en masse to GCUC this week \u2013 the Global Coworking Unconference. \u00a0(Oh you want a link? \u00a0<a href=\"..\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.austinukgcucco0.web01.sundaramdesign.comm\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>My husband is getting the carry-on out of the basement for me tomorrow, and the kids have been prepped on when mama\u2019s getting back. \u00a0 And so has my community, my other family that I mother in bits and pieces as appropriate. \u00a0I\u2019ve got an orange shirt ready to be packed, and I\u2019ve checked out the agenda and made some mental notes about where I want to eat. \u00a0(Austin has my heart \u00a0&#8211; and my stomach\u2026.)<\/p>\n<p>But: \u00a0I still need to get un-ready.<\/p>\n<p>I co-sleep, and I send my kids to a co-op preschool, and dammit, I get the whole \u2018in community\u2019 aspect of things. \u00a0I\u2019m an Aquarius and we\u2019re kind of militant about that sort of thing. \u00a0But I feel ready for this, and frankly \u2013 I need to get un-ready.<\/p>\n<p>So \u2013 I\u2019m dropping expectations. \u00a0And goals for the unconference, well \u2013 they\u2019re still there, although I\u2019ve filed them under \u2018abstract notions\u2019 so that I can be exhilarated and liberated by whatever happens and whatever interactions that I have. \u00a0 They\u2019ll still get met, but not in a linear, check this off the list way. \u00a0 And contacts \u2013 I\u2019ve deconstructed my imaginary guest list so that I am ready to meet whoever walks in the door. \u00a0If you catch me chatting up the janitor, don\u2019t stop me \u2013 maybe I\u2019m getting some facilities tips.<\/p>\n<p>Okay Austin. \u00a0I\u2019ve got some more clearing out to do, but I think I\u2019m un-ready enough for GCUC. \u00a0My one expectation \u2013 and I\u2019m holding onto it \u2013 is that it\u2019ll be a great time. \u00a0If you see me there, say hello.<\/p>\n<p>Originally Posted in <a title=\"View all posts in Gretchen's Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/nextspace.us\/blog\/category\/blogroll\/gretchens-blog\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Gretchen&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gretchen of NextSpace and she is headed to Austin, TX for GCUC. But is she ready? NextSpace is headed out en masse to GCUC this week \u2013 the Global Coworking Unconference. \u00a0(Oh you want a link? \u00a0http:\/\/www.austinukgcucco0.web01.sundaramdesign.comm\/) My husband is getting the carry-on out of the basement for me tomorrow, and the kids have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}