Back when I made no money I used to like to “fix” things around the house. We’re not talking DIY forum-guided fixing. We’re talking pure personal ingenuity. One time I had to fix a hole in the wall the size of a watermelon. Unrelated. I didn’t know the finer points of hole patching at the […]
I grew up with a pretty crazy/fun Uncle. Nothing was ever serious with him. He would walk around talking his own made up language and singing to his own tune. One time I showed up to his house at 5am to take him to the airport and he was walking around in his tighty whities. […]
Do you know that for a lot of people “freelance” = “anxiety”? Or did you already know that? I know it firsthand. Why? Because that was me too. The feast cycles are incredible. Contracts pour in, clients line up the projects for you, and the work is regular (even if the hours are long). The […]
I’m going to go out on a limb today and suggest that one of the hardest things we do as freelancers is joust with the internal dialogue – that incessant chatter that is fueled by the screaming voices of the roller coaster we often find ourselves on. No, I’m not saying it’s all in your […]
A couple weeks ago one of our neighbor’s kids, Katlyn, knocked on our door to tell us about her school project. Being a father myself, I was a little distracted at the time. “Dad, who is at the door? Can I go outside and play? Can I watch?” my oldest son yelled out as Katlyn […]