Is it the end of the world as we know it? Probably. What's happened in the United States (not to mention, the world) over the last 7 days is, as the news anchors incessantly say, "unprecedented." Mainly because the last time there was a pandemic (well, I'm …
Selling without the Squick
I went to see Oceans 8 last weekend and I loved it. Maybe a little too much. I was ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED to watch those 8 women problem solve, plan, and execute a massive heist at the Met Gala. A big time heist movie with diamonds and dresses. The setting was phenomenal. What really got me, …
Pricing: Setting a Minimum
It is SO VERY TEMPTING when you're a freelancer to take whatever job someone wants to give you or to start up a new client for a very small project. SOMEBODY WANTS TO PAAAAAYYYYYYY MEEEEEEE! (Oprah voice.) At the beginning that's cool because you gotta have jobs. I have spent TEN. LONG. …
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The most exciting two minutes in sports happens every year on the first Saturday in May. I went to watch the ponies run at Churchill Downs when I was 14 or 15, the trip a birthday gift from my parents to their horse-crazy daughter. Because I was underage, my dad only let me eat the ice out of the …
Building Something People Beg You To Participate In
The ChattaJack 31: It's really 32. The year I did it we had the "Hell Fog." That's what happens when the water is maybe 60 or 70 degrees and the air is more like 30 degrees. One year it was kind of warm and there was no current on the river because that's what happens when the good people of …
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Internet Proclamations
It has become customary if someone is leaving a Facebook group to announce in the group: "I'm OUT!" We don't really do that at parties. We don't stand on a chair, bringing the party to a complete standstill, making everyone stop talking, and holler, "GOODNIGHT I'M LEAVING. TRY TO HAVE FUN WITHOUT …
Easy Actions to Increase Revenue
I had to save 12 months worth of taxes in 6 months because of disorganization! (Lest you think I always have my act together.) It happens to all of us. BUT in order to do that, I had to implement some revenue-related actions. And it seems like they worked well, so I'm keepin''em and sharin' 'em with …
What if you don’t?
I focus a lot on the "What if you do?" If you do XXX, then YYY will happen. It's REALLY easy to let my thoughts go to the negative when I think of "well what if I do this?" If I raise my prices, my clients will fire me.If I pitch myself or my writing, people can reject me. I've opened …
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 …
