Happy Friday! Lots of goodies for you this week: “There is power in saying ‘no’ to the things you don’t need in your life.” Kelly at Cordelia Calls It Quits points out the positivity of quitting. Great list of resources on what to charge for writing, editing, and social media work, from Seawoman’s Caribbean Writing […]
Last year I decided to run an experiment. I wanted to offer free webinars. I did this with a specific goal in mind: to grow my email list. Growing my list has been one of my primary goals over the last year because it’s my most direct line to my community. It’s how I foster […]
What have you accomplished this week that you’re proud of? Here are my favorite posts from around the web: From Carol at Tice Writes: a list of quality sites that pay writers. Don’t fail this “simple rule of dream chasing.” Jon Acuff discusses how to be the best kind of selfish. A few universal writing […]
Happy Friday! Here are my favorite finds from this week: Why Chris Guillebeau says you should change your default to CREATE, not CONSUME. You're better than your job. Why Adam Britten says you shouldn't let your career define you. Do you think creating and traveling clash? Torre Deroche of The Fearful Adventurer describes the problem […]
Have trouble choosing one interest to revolve your job or business around? Want to create a career that involves several of your passions? Emilie Wapnick of Puttylike and Michelle Ward of When I Grow Up have come up with a super idea for those of us cobbling together a career from a variety of interests: […]
Hope you’re having a great week! I haven’t spent much time in my Google Reader over the last few days, so today’s list of reads is short and sweet: How solopreneurs are using co-working spaces, from The New York Times. “It’s far easier to put your future into someone else’s hands than it is to […]
This month, my boyfriend’s family came to visit from the UK. My boyfriend’s mother had one request: Could we secure tickets to the Holocaust Memorial Museum? She’d wanted to go to the museum during her visit to the States last year, but both times she stopped by to pick up tickets, the lines were hours […]
Working at newspapers isn’t what it used to be. We know this from Allyson Bird’s post on why she left news, and we know it from a recent survey on CareerCast.com, which ranked “newspaper reporter” as the worst job of 2013. And if you’ve had the experience of working in a newsroom, you know it […]
Welcome to May! Loving the sun that has finally decided to show its face here in D.C. In case it hasn’t warmed up yet in your area, here’s some weekend reading for you: “[The universe has] got your back–if you prove you’ve got the hustle.” Kelly at Cordelia Calls It Quits on the ultimate quit: […]
Quick course update: Become a Twitter Power User begins again May 13. Join us if you want to learn how to use this social network to make life-changing connections! And now for today’s tip… Too many of us suffer from email overload. Because the flooding of my inbox significantly affects my work flow — and […]