I’ve been struggling to articulate this for a while now, so here goes: I left a lot of things behind last year, as I think most of us did. Some less-than-fab relationships. About 20 pounds of (donated) shoes and clothes. A bunch of business books I never wound up reading, and always felt twistingly guilty […]
We were about a month into quarantine when the trouble started. Almost overnight, our beloved tuxedo cat Ham (normally such a good-natured floof that he’s earned himself the nickname “The Big Sweet Boi”) started doing his business… outside of the litter box. More specifically: he started peeing all over my stuff. My backpack. My chair. […]
Social media. (Ooh, did those two words send just shivers down your spine?) Like it or lump it, it’s become one of the perceived “necessary evils” of starting and growing an online business. Reason being? Social media is a place to solve problems in public, attract clients, play around, put your work out there, and […]
Have you ever used a pressure washer on your driveway or deck? (And even if you haven’t, a friend probably has. And you probably know because they probably posted a VERY excited before and after on Facebook.) Can confirm: it is a very, very satisfying feeling. All that high-pressured water fires out of the spout at a […]
Once when I was naught but a wee babe of a copywriter, a client was complaining to me about another writer she once worked with. “She was great,” she acknowledged, a sprinkle of salt seasoning her tone. “But she just wasn’t around when I needed her. She didn’t work certain days, I had to wait […]
My friend (and #HAMYAW co-host) Margo once shared a brilliant article all about why she shut down her much-loved virtual co-working space, The Arena. In creative work we call this “killing your darlings”, a phrase that originated (I believe?) from writers describing the excruciating experience of editing out even the most gorgeous paragraphs and sentences when […]
