Back in the day, the team at Balsom Communications used to love spending a day at Avenue Coffee. We’d get ourselves a big table, order tons of coffee, and do some of our very best work. We loved the social aspect of working from Avenue, seeing some of our favourite people come and go throughout the day.
We can’t see our favourite people, or visit our favourite places, but we can offer a virtual reprieve from your workday. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, sit back, and get to know a little bit more about the team at Balsom Communications.
Now that 2021 is underway, do you have any New Years resolutions?
Krista Balsom, President:
I don’t really make resolutions, and if 2020 thought me anything, it is to expect the unexpected. So instead of resolutions, I try to make good decisions, support my friends and family the best I can, keep working hard and showing up, as present as possible, with every element of my life.
Kerri Johnson, Marketing and Communications Manager:
No resolutions as such…just working on optimizing each day and making the best use of my time. And yes, sometimes making the best use of my time includes Instagramming about our dogs and/or cocktails.
Kelsey Stanley, Marketing and Communications Coordinator:
Yes, a couple actually! My New Years resolutions were trying to work out at least 3 times a week, only drinking soft drinks with fast food meals and cutting chips out of my diet (this is going to be hard). So far so good but we will see
Dawn Booth, Editor in Chief of Your McMurray Magazine & YMM Parent:
New Year Resolutions were never a thing of mine but I do create vision boards to direct my daily focus. This year’s focus is health and happiness.
Emma Carter, Accounts Representative & Special Projects Manager:
I always take New Years as an opportunity to reflect and set intentions for the year ahead. One thing to come from this for 2021 is that I’ve picked up a journal (read: diary) and basically haven’t put it down since. I imagine the pages will eventually find their way to the Smithsonian for archival, at which point you’re all welcome to read it.
What’s one thing you’d love to do once the pandemic is over?
Krista Balsom, President:
Travel. I know many people would say this, but for me, travel is so important to filling up “my bucket”. I love to explore new cultures, new parts of the world and meet new people. Without that, I feel a little empty, so I can’t wait to get on an international flight once it’s safe and go somewhere super fun. I was lucky to have gone on a couple of great trips right before the pandemic began, including a solo Europe trip to Prague for New Years. I’m still grateful for that experience.
Kerri Johnson, Marketing and Communications Manager:
Once the pandemic is over, I’d love to travel again. But not some sort of weird “new normal” travel. I want to be in a crowded place with a group of my nearest and dearest making memories together. Maskless and less than six feet apart.
Kelsey Stanley, Marketing and Communications Coordinator:
When the pandemic is over I can’t wait to be able to travel home to Newfoundland (without quarantining) and be able to see all my family and friends. I look forward to going to my cabin in Terra Nova and relaxing but also being able to have shed parties again with more than 20 people
Dawn Booth, Editor in Chief of Your McMurray Magazine & YMM Parent:
Our family had planned to go on a Disney Cruise in December 2020 before everything went south. The irony is that all the big news announcements of COVID outbreaks started with cruise ships. I don’t think it will be for a while now but I would love for us to go when it’s safe.
Emma Carter, Accounts Representative & Special Projects Manager:
What don’t I want to do? Top of the list is seeing all my friends in person again, of course. Ideally in Vegas, with mimosas in hand. Also ideally it will be this year and we’ll all also be millionaires by then.
