What’s standing between you and [that thing]?

What's standing between you and that thing?

You’re stuck. You’re in a rut and you feel like you don’t know how to get out of it.   It’s that $500 project or that $5000 project.   It’s the repetitive work that doesn’t seem to end the same clients who want the same thing.   It’s the product you’ve been wanting to create. […]

2015 Annual Review: A Year of Growth

Looking back on 2015

Last year I published my first annual review, and I enjoyed the experience because it allowed me to actively reflect on the health of my business, what I’m thankful for, where I’ve succeeded, where I’ve fallen short, and how I plan to move forward in the coming year. The purpose of publishing this annual review […]

Looking Back on 2014: An Annual Review

Looking Back on 2014: Annual Review

In order to move forward into the new year with confidence and clarity, I think it’s important to reflect on what went well and what didn’t; the highlights and what needs to change. I’ve never done an annual review before, but I feel as though it’s necessary because a lot happened last year. Please keep […]

Mountains & Valleys: How to Bridge Inconsistent Freelance Income

It’s called many things: “Feast or Famine”, “When it rains it pours”, “Mountains & Valleys” (my favourite term), etc. But they all mean one thing: Freelancers make inconsistent income. It’s just the nature of the beast. Some months a freelancer can make tremendous money, and other months their income can plummet to the ground. It […]

Outlandish Goals

Hiking in Newfoundland. Photo by Laura Hussey of Ash & Vine Photography

Life is amazing. You get only one, and it’s essentially up to you what you want to do with it. There was a moment in late 2012 when I truly realized how profound that statement was, and I began questioning things. Steve Jobs once said, For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and […]