Last week I had the honor of chatting with my friend Kim Werker for 20 minutes about making things, projects that never end, and the narratives that thread through projects for her new podcast, Compulsory. The premise of this podcast is a brief conversation with each guest (I love brief podcasts!) that explores the drive we feel to make things.
Read MoreLooking forward to the new year and welcoming it like a beautiful sunrise.
Ringing In 2015
I don’t have a formal annual review process and I’m terrible about making and keeping new year’s resolutions, but I always make it a point to set two themes for they year. Let's review how my 2014 themes played out and what's in store for 2015.
Read MoreI Know What I Did Last Summer (and Fall)
I’ve been hyper-focused on a few different projects and thought I would let you know where my attention has been directed in the seven months since quitting my day job. Here are three big projects that I've working on in addition to my day-to-day.
Read MoreI Feel Fine: An Adventure in Quitting My Day Job (Part Three)
Part Three in quitting my day job: I fell into a great trap of anti-productivity, but I've learned a number of lessons.
Read MoreI Feel Fine: An Adventure in Quitting My Day Job (Part Two)
I quit my job, and I feel fine. It's been an eventful couple of months here, and I'm fixin' to tell you all about it. Part Two: It was time to move on and focus on all the important projects that my job was distracting me from, but there was one single question that was getting in the way: "How can I afford to do this?" Here's how I planned, budgeted, mapped out how best to make it happen.
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