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My first 12 Week Year (AKA – Q1 2017) wraps up with mixed feelings. On one hand, I beat my income goal for the first time since setting out on this little freelance journey of mine. On the other hand, my other two goals fell flat on their face. I want to both dance in my success and cry into my losses. Neither reaction would help move me forward. Relishing…
Read moreLast Saturday should have been beautiful. It was the first summer weekend in Charlotte when I wasn’t out of town or it wasn’t raining. The skies were bright and the temperatures were in the mid-90s. It was the perfect day for soaking in a watering hole as so many Charlotteans do on hot summer afternoons. Friends invited us out on their boat for an afternoon of swimming and cooking out….
Read moreSetting Goals for 2016 My how a lot can change in a year! As I look back over my 2015 New Year’s Resolutions journal entry (yes, I keep a journal), I see a lot of naivety in my brainstorming and goals. I account that naivety to a few reasons: I was still learning how blogging and freelance writing works, let alone how to make money doing it I was only 6 months…
Read moreI know it’s not even Christmas yet, but even amongst the hustle of the holiday season, many of us are already looking towards the New Year and new beginnings. Over a cup of coffee in the silence of the morning, we’ve already begun to think about our 2016 Goals. Or maybe it’s as we toss and turn ourselves to sleep at night, dreading another day is the same old rigmarole of a…
Read moreI nervously stood in line for the catamaran that was taking us to the welcome party for TBEX Europe 2015 in Costa Brava, Spain. I had an eerie flashback to my freshman year of high school, standing at the foot of the cafeteria with my tray, not knowing where to sit or who to talk to. I started to measure myself up against others. Was I over or underdressed in my khakis…
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