Questions to answer honestly so you can fix those patterns before the next year rolls around. At the start of this new year, like at the start of every new year, I came across dozens of articles about setting achievable writing goals, challenging myself to do new things, fixing measurable standards, and working towards them. […]
Are Your Goals Too Ambitious? Here’s Why You Should Let Them Go
My top tips on how to give yourself a break, gleaned of course, from three decades of self-flagellation. I have a real problem with goal setting and accountability. It’s not that I don’t set goals or that I’m not accountable, it’s that I set goals that are too ambitious and beat myself bloody when I […]
Why It’s Important To Have Time To Think (And How To Find It)
If you want to elevate your career, you need the space and time to think. My sickness in early July meant I didn’t really have the time to think about plans, goals, achievements, and losses for the first half of the year. However, the moment I was back up on my feet again, I decided […]
Why Creative People Need To Be More Organized (And How To Get There)
Creative people aren’t often the most organized. Here’s why we should be. My office is a mess. There are papers strewn all over my desk (which keep getting shoved further and further back the more my son grows and is able to reach for them). My computer has files way back from 2004 that were […]
Moving, When Your Office Is Also Your Home
Advice gleaned from 10+ international moves. You might find this incredible to believe, but in my career as a work-from-home freelancer, I’ve moved homes 14 times. I’ve moved countries, I’ve moved cities, and sometimes I’ve just moved over the road to a nicer apartment. Some of these moves occurred when I was single, but three […]