So often I see writers posting about and talking about the fear of losing ideas or having their ideas stolen. In the world of today, it’s a legit concern, of course. But that doesn’t mean it’s something you have to constantly worry about or focus on. I haven’t really talked about this much, but in […]
For the last week as I avoided doing my writing in favor of all the other things I had going on (moving, unpacking, client work, etc), the inner demons had started to take over. You know exactly what I’m talking about. The inner voice that tells you you’re not good enough. The one that says […]
Today is the first day in over a week where I’ve actually sat down at my normal time to write my daily blog post. For the last week and a half I’ve been moving and unpacking and setting my life back up here in Austin where I’m now living. Yes, I gave myself permission to […]
There was a time in my writing life when writing a blog post was a serious chore. When I’d put it off and felt like it was gonna be so much work and so hard to do. And then six months ago I just committed to writing something every day. I didn’t know what would […]
When it comes to making changes in my life, one of the things that doesn’t work for me is to just jump in and do it right now in this moment. If I do that, I’ll end up sabotaging myself or making excuses. I like to set a date for when the change will be […]
One of the things I hate most is seeing unhappy, miserable people working a job they don’t like and don’t care about. It seriously annoys me and just makes me sad. Because it doesn’t have to be like that. I know the normal people of the world and society tells you that it has to […]
When I was in college, I wanted to be a magazine editor (preferably fashion or lifestyle) in New York City. It was all I thought about. I applied for jobs and internships all over NY as often as I could during my junior and senior year. But nothing really came of it. I wasn’t deterred. […]
As I write this I’m sitting at a table in the corner of the Starbucks down the street from the place I’m staying right now. To the left of me are two people–a guy and a girl–sitting with their Teavana drinks and talking about work stuff. They clearly work in an office and are likely […]
A lot of the times in life and business, we tell ourselves that our intuition doesn’t matter. We feel something but we ignore it because we’re told that’s not the way to do things. We listen to the opinions of others and trust what they say more than trusting how we really feel about something. […]
One of the things I love, love, love to do is watch movies and deconstruct them. (If you’re not familiar with that term, it just means breaking down the story and figuring out the structure and character arc, etc.) I do this pretty much every night of my life. There may be a few days […]
