I'm getting ready to run a half marathon in New Orleans this weekend. (WHY DO I PERSIST IN TELLING YOU THAT I'M ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING THAT COULD GO COLOSSALLY WRONG before I do it?) I've run two other half marathons which means: a) I know that, save breaking a bone mid-run, I …
Building a Bench + Being the Bench
Let’s talk about benches. Not garden benches, though I’m super pumped I can finally use this squirrel picture I took at Newfields in 2014. We’re talking about a bench of people to help you and back you up. Like a sports team bench! A basketball team doesn’t only have the players on the court …
Sunk Costs
Today's blog will be very super simple. I want to talk about sunk costs This is a really annoying topic, so here, have a puppy with a puppy first: I literally JUST re-did my main service website. That's because it was super duper confusing and overwhelming. I had redone …
When It’s Time to Quit Something
Sometimes you just have to quit something. Give it the heave ho. Say uncle. Cut your losses. Ignore sunk costs. Move on. Today I'm quitting my website. Specifically my Garden of Words website. It was only 2 years old but it DID. NOT. WORK. the way I needed it to. "Oh but it was pretty." Yeah, …
I Quit
I QUIT! Sometimes you just have to quit something. Give it the heave ho. Say uncle. Cut your losses. Ignore sunk costs. Move on. Today I'm quitting my website. Specifically my Garden of Words website. It was only 2 years old but it DID. NOT. WORK. the way I needed it to. "Oh …
Time for some Time Off!
Hey there fellow freelancer! A quick note to say that I'm about three hours from shutting it down for an entire luxurious end-of-year week off and I'm pumped! I have six books I want to read. Prolly not gonna happen. I'm with my family and getting ready to just spend some time with …
Freelancing and Identity
PART 1: TURNING YOUR HOBBY INTO YOUR CAREER I’ve done it twice. I won’t do it again. First with gardening and with paddleboarding. I always loved plants. Have gardened since I could walk. At each of my parents’ houses I had a flowerbed that I could call my own. I dug up half the yard at one …
List it!
Hello! Are the holidays slowing your business down? Trying to frantically get everything done? No time for planning? SHUT UP KATIE I CAN'T SQUEEZE ANYTHING ELSE ON MY PLATE. Sure you can. If Susan can eat 4 plates at Thanksgiving Dinner (Susan is my tiniest friend. Thanksgiving is …
Freelancer: Make an offer – any offer!
The ONE thing I sometimes miss about a clock punching job is paid time off. However, the tradeoff is flexibility and basically I WOULD NOT GIVE THAT UP FOR ANYTHING. I'm getting ready to go visit my parents for a whopping 10 DAYS (INCOMING MOMMA) and I'll do work during the non holiday part …
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Small Business Saturday
I know I said I wasn't going to email you until after Thanksgiving. Go ahead and throw tomatoes at me! (Or turkey necks. You probably have one of those sitting around. Ew.)You're busy making pies or avoiding making pies, so Imma be fast: I'm emailing because I made you a Small …
