by alexarohn | Apr 22, 2020 | Blogs
The bulk of your impact on the world comes from your work. It’s been said you have 80,000 hours of work in your life, and no one wants to sink their time and talent into the wrong endeavor. I was raised in the 80s with the cult of corporate. You get a good job,...
by alexarohn | Apr 21, 2020 | Blogs
I’ve been re-reading a stack of my favorite permaculture tomes. Even though I expect Reno has a few touches of frost left up its sleeve, the warming, lengthening days have kicked me into my seasonal mother-earth-mode. Each permaculture book has a different...
by alexarohn | Apr 20, 2020 | Blogs
For marketers, designers, and creative businesses, our worst work is when we tackle our own brand. We’re too close to it to see our brands objectively, and for freelancers or solopreneurs especially, we neglect to invest as much time in ourselves as we would our...
by alexarohn | Apr 17, 2020 | Blogs
You’re born with two assets in limited quantities and a lot of businesses want to get their hands on them…your time and your attention. Entire industries have sprung up around using these assets for financial gain…not yours, of course, they’ve...
by alexarohn | Apr 17, 2020 | Blogs
I find myself wondering each time I pull out a camera or phone to document what’s going on why I feel compelled to capture that moment rather than just being present and living in it. The occasional time-walk through my photo library shows images that take me...
by alexarohn | Apr 16, 2020 | Blogs
A small, plain envelope showed up in the mail for me yesterday. I didn’t recognize the handwriting, and there was no return name, just a return address in Portland, OR. My first thought, of course, was “is this some ex? Who have I dated in...
