Jun 30, 2013 | Crafting Your Career, WDS
What a busy month! I’m so excited about, well, everything it seems lately. This past June I traveled to New York for two weeks with the School of Visual Arts in their Design Writing Intensive program as a two week break from my full-time job in Communications to...
May 22, 2013 | Crafting Your Career, Less is More: Living Minimally and Simply, Organization+Strategy, Professional Development, Stories
What’s better than perfect? Done is better than perfect. Part of the beauty of writing, asking, and making projects is actually doing them. The best way out of something is often through it. Getting it done is where the art is. Seth Godin says “ship.” I say...
Jan 28, 2013 | Crafting Your Career, How People Work
When someone asks you how you are, do you answer in one of the following three ways? I’m good! I’m fine. Ohhh, Busy. Imagine eliminating those three words. What would you say instead? How would you respond? Inspired in part by a sign on my wall, and a 2003 post by...
Jan 8, 2013 | Business and Entrepreneurship, Communication, Crafting Your Career, Stories
How do you build a sustainable life, what does psychology have to do with cities, and how do you wield the power of learning how to say both yes and no strategically? Did you design your own job? How do you balance a full-time job with all the side projects you want...
Nov 25, 2012 | Crafting Your Career, Life, Start Something Project
Congratulations to Melissa for winning a copy of Shane Mac’s book, “Stop With The BS” and to Claire and Anne for winning spots to Molly Mahar’s Holiday Council (which starts Monday, November 26th– join me there! I’ll be on the interviews...
Nov 8, 2012 | Crafting Your Career, Health and Wellness, Professional Development, Reading List
It’s November, the season of gratitude–one of my favorite seasons. In the spirit of gratefulness, thanks, and learning, I’ll be giving away prizes with almost every single post all throughout November. Some of the things I have to give away include a copy...
