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Accepting a Change
Read more: Accepting a ChangeThis week, I announced a slight change to my business with a new standalone writing option. This is one of many changes in my life lately. Some are little (we changed mass times at our church) and some are big (we started a home school curriculum that changed the rhythm of our day). Change can…
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What Circle Time Can Bring to Your Productivity
Read more: What Circle Time Can Bring to Your ProductivityI bought a fall curriculum for my two year old daughter. Before you say she’s too little, keep in mind that I work from home while also taking care of my daughter. This curriculum gives us educational activities to do three times a week for the next three months. And it also gives me a…
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When You Feel Like Nothing is Going Right
Read more: When You Feel Like Nothing is Going RightYou’ve gotten fired by a client. The fan comments on a social media post seem more like a dumpster fire than a productive place to be. Whatever is going on, you feel like it’s all going wrong and nothing will be going right ever again. It’s happened to all of us at one time or…
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The Social Media Support System
Read more: The Social Media Support SystemIf you’d ask me what got me through my day-to-day for all these years of working for myself, it would honestly be my social media support system. They make the rollercoaster that is this life so much more manageable. My highs are celebrated with people who get it and my lows have a cushion I…
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The Power of Talking About Mental Health Struggles
Read more: The Power of Talking About Mental Health StrugglesI remember one of the first reactions I received to my mental health posts on social media. “Why would you publicize that?” It had never occurred to me to not talk about it. I’m a bit of an oversharer, and it felt natural to say this is what I feel right now. I’m also an…
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On Handling Change
Read more: On Handling ChangeChange is constant when you work in social media, and it can take its toll. Imagine having a process going super well and then a network makes an upgrade that basically makes everything go funky. Or there are many updates to the algorithm that slowly chips away at the efficacy of your social media program.…
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On Being Lonely
Read more: On Being LonelyI used to be so lonely. It didn’t make sense to me. I was talking to people constantly and felt like I had so many humans in my life. But the fact was that I wasn’t getting out of my house much and I was only talking to people on social media. This was also…
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When It Feels Like You Need a Big Change
Read more: When It Feels Like You Need a Big ChangeThere was an anonymous post in a group I belong to that I’ll be thinking about for a long time. A member basically said they hated everything about what they were doing for a career and needed out. It broke my heart to see someone in a place where a big change seemed like the…
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Stop Talking Bad About Social Media Managers
Read more: Stop Talking Bad About Social Media ManagersI have had this happen time and time again in different variations. The social media managers are constantly on the wrong end of some really terrible words. I’ll come into a new client and have them fill out my trusty questionnaire. Somehow talk about how bad the previous social media manager happens. I used to…
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Protecting Your Mental Health on Social Media
Read more: Protecting Your Mental Health on Social MediaWhen a new study comes out about how social media affects mental health poorly, it’s hard not to sigh. This is the career I’ve chosen and I absolutely love it for some reasons, but it’s hard to argue that prolonged exposure to social media does affect one poorly. And when it’s your career, there is…
