Category: Career

10 steps to a work-at-home snow day

1. Be grateful you don’t have to rush around getting everybody dressed and into snowpants and making breakfast and lunch and packing schoolbags. 2. Oh … but all that rushing around is your ticket to freedom (well, two hours of it while the littlest… Continue Reading “10 steps to a work-at-home snow day”

Try something that scares you

When you’re self-employed and you work all alone at home, there isn’t a supervisor who’s going to assign you a more challenging project or suggest you step outside your comfort zone. There isn’t a boss you’re trying to impress for a raise (raise! ha!)… Continue Reading “Try something that scares you”

For me, Monat wasn’t a miracle … but here’s why I don’t regret trying it

I’ve had a couple of people ask how I liked the Monat hair system I tried back in July, and I must admit — I have avoided writing this post. I was dreading the point when I had to admit that it didn’t do… Continue Reading “For me, Monat wasn’t a miracle … but here’s why I don’t regret trying it”

Asking for what you want

Werk It Wednesday is a day late this week, guys. I was crying a lot yesterday and couldn’t really focus, so here we go! Once again, I came away from a BlogJam conference feeling 1,000X more motivated, excited and determined than I was going… Continue Reading “Asking for what you want”

Wanted: More time for everything!

We talk about how 24 hours in a day are just not enough. That’s never been more true for me, as a self-employed whatcha-ma-call-it, because it’s hard not to feel like any working opportunity SHOULD be spent working. Here is a complete list of… Continue Reading “Wanted: More time for everything!”