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The benefits of changing where you work
Read more: The benefits of changing where you workMy daughter is starting preschool this week. Although I’m full of trepidation about this (I have read too many articles about kids getting kicked out of preschool which is still wild to me), I also am very excited. This will give my daughter a chance to discover who she is without me, and I will…
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Summer Fridays
Read more: Summer FridaysJune ushers in one of my favorite traditions: Summer Fridays. As long as I get all of my work done and nothing urgent comes up, I’m taking Friday afternoon off. What do I do with that time? I go to the pool. I read a book. I’ll do something fun with my daughter. Or I’ll…
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Keeping a Routine When Working in Social Media
Read more: Keeping a Routine When Working in Social MediaIt’s so easy to throw out a routine when you work in social media. You have to work odd hours (sometimes in addition to the regular office hours), and before you know, you’ve slipped into complete chaos. But a routine is your friend. It helps you maintain a life-work balance and prevents burn out. You…
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Stop Trying to Do It All
Read more: Stop Trying to Do It AllWhen I first started with my business, I was working constantly. I’d sometimes get up at five in the morning and wouldn’t finish until ten at night. It was exhilarating to do it all, but thankfully, I knew it couldn’t last. So as soon as I could, I started taking things off my plate and…
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Too Many Ideas and Nowhere to Put Them
Read more: Too Many Ideas and Nowhere to Put ThemI feel like I’ve been talking about a lot of sad things lately and I just want to flip the scrip to something I struggle with regularly: Too many ideas. As soon as I get a new problem or a new client to solve, my brain goes in five thousand different directions and ends up…
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How to Keep Posting During a Dark Time
Read more: How to Keep Posting During a Dark TimeI recently saw someone post about how it’s a dark time to work in social media. There are days where that feels about right. I have friends who are being directly and indirectly affected by a lot of the change going on in our country. And I can count myself as one of those people.…
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How to Keep Going
Read more: How to Keep GoingIt’s a new year! And we’ve made ALL the resolutions and ALL the goals. Because this year is going to be different and we’re going to keep going no matter what. Until we don’t. Maybe ALL the resolutions and ALL the goals you had in mind were a bit much. Maybe you were overenthusiastic during…
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How to Avoid Overworking as a Business Owner
Read more: How to Avoid Overworking as a Business OwnerI live in a home that has two business owners. My partner just started his business, whereas I just celebrated twelve years of working for myself. It’s been eye opening to go through this with him, due to the different ages of our businesses and the different kinds of businesses we do (he is a…
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On Prioritizing and Feelings
Read more: On Prioritizing and FeelingsI am overwhelmed. Our family’s schedule is out of control with October activities. My daughter has her lessons three days a week, as well as her regular activities. I took on helping to organize a neighborhood festival. And it feels like there are a million other things in addition to my usual work tasks. To…
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Balancing It All As a Business Owner
Read more: Balancing It All As a Business OwnerFor a long time, I’ve been balancing so many facets of my life to keep myself a whole person. It hasn’t it been easy, especially at the beginning when I was convinced I had to work work work if I was going to own my own business. But it’s only gotten harder as I’ve tried…
