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This Is The Sign

I have a farm. We're crawling with pastured chickens & turkeys, fresh organic veggies, and fruits. There are moments every day worth sharing. Turkeys gobbling at the sound of the tractor, the barn across the street swimming in a beautiful low fog, fuzzy...

Never Mind the Gatekeepers

The maple by our driveway must have gotten the memo yesterday that it was the first day of fall. None of the other trees seem to be on board, but I watched from the kitchen as 5 or 6 taffy yellow maple leaves spun leisurely towards the ground. Maybe none of the other...

Thank You For Liking

Pretty sure everyone is talking about the Facebook FIles series on WSJ. And of course, by everyone I mean everyone I’ve paid attention to who is reading it and who happens to have an above average interest in the trials and terrors of social media companies, You know,...
How much is enough?

How much is enough?

I have spent a lot of time in the social media world. I attended one of the schools to first get Facebook, when it was still hosted on our ".edu". Quite a life changer for an impressionable 20-something. Lately, I get near daily emails talking about the "newest...

The Freelancers Dilemma

The Freelancers Dilemma

I don’t know about you, but my spirit guide is a drag queen in leopard print & pink bunny ears. (I’ll explain, stay tuned) If you’re in my immediate circle you know I “joke” about having an existential crisis pretty much... weekly. When one of your mottoes is...

I Caught Myself on the Road to Burnout

I Caught Myself on the Road to Burnout

Whooops. Been a little quiet around here lately. After a whirlwind trip where I insanely thought I could continue to create and publish content while in the middle of a swamp for an event in Florida with no phone service, limited wifi, and insane work hours... I lost...

Why you need to own your content, and how

Why you need to own your content, and how

This metaphor may be getting outdated since I know all of, maybe, 2 people who have built their own house… but would you build your house on someone else’s land? Real talk. Would you put months, or even years, of work into building your dream home on land you don’t...

You don’t need a guru

You don’t need a guru

What's stopping you from doing that thing that matters to you? From starting or completing that project that means so much to you. Are you waiting to be picked, for someone to say "what a great idea, I can make this huge". Or perhaps waiting for a guru to show you the...

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While you wont find me on “traditional” social media, I love to connect with people and discuss ideas and articles. Want to talk about what’s going on in the world and discuss what’s inspiring thinkers worldwide? Find me on Readup, my social network of choice for chatting with other voracious readers.