time management tips for creatives
Do you feel busy all the live long day, yet sometimes when you begin to wrap your work day up, you wonder just what the heck you actually did all day? Me too. In fact, this happens to almost every…
Do you feel busy all the live long day, yet sometimes when you begin to wrap your work day up, you wonder just what the heck you actually did all day? Me too. In fact, this happens to almost every…
This time last week I was 30,000 feet in the air having a panic attack. This is the way I start pretty much all vacations (Remember my honeymoon plane flight)? by voraciously spraying my Rescue Remedy (it’s like an herbal…
When I was a teen, I had an entire drawer full of chapstick and lip gloss. Some were flavored, some were not. My mom would roll her eyes when I had to run back in the house “for a second…
Lately I’ve been thinking about the concept of “opportunity cost,” which is probably familiar to any of you readers who have taken a course in microeconomics. Simply put, “opportunity cost” is what benefits or profits you forgo to pursue a…
Many of the items that I cook and post here are heavily influenced by my weekly CSA, which I have been doing for seven years. So, if you see an unusual item or perhaps a few posts that talk about…
Next time you are looking for the PERFECT card to give to your friends, or your spouse, or your parents, or anyone, go check out Risa’s work. Her prints are amazing. In fact, they are more then amazing. They are…
*Editor’s note from Nicole: When I started my first ‘real’ (not the refrigerator box stationary shop on my front lawn when I was six) business Random Nicole, I didn’t even have money to buy the fabric to make my purses….
I made sandwiches for my kids today, like I have every. Single. Day. For the past school year. I spread some triple berry jam over the peanut butter, smooshed the pieces of bread together and called it a day. I…
These past few weeks, after setting my goals and intentions for the New Year, launching into new freelance work, and working to honor previous commitments, it hit me: I am doing too much. I’ve always been someone who has been…
My long held desire for complete freedom has served me well. I’ll be the first person to admit that taking the less chosen road almost every single time, left me with some, um… bad habits. I’m the kind of girl…
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