What's the real problem?
Feb 18, 2021
The human brain loves to bitch and moan.
At least this is 100% my experience of my own human brain.
Quick to judge the person, circumstance, email, temp of the room, or to-do item on deck… Nothing is safe from it’s wrath. From...
Unconditional love requires truth
Feb 11, 2021
You know how people say "you can't love another until you love yourself”? I’ve heard that forever and only in fleeting moments have I really understand what that means.
Unconditional love is one of these things our unmanaged minds make...
Feel the result, NOW!
Jan 15, 2021
Even if you don't have a "goal" or call it that, we all have something we think that if we get, accomplish or have that we will feel a certain way... happy, proud, successful...whatever.
The thing is you don't have to wait for your...
Doing 1% is infinitely more than 0%
Jan 13, 2021
One of the best things I've ever done for my mindset around goals and even just being stuck, is to take the mindset of doing SOMETHING.
We get in trouble when we dive in to the deep end of a practice. For instance going from eating Micky...
Paralyzed by overwhelm
Jan 07, 2021
The Scream dude is the absolute perfect image of the way I have felt this week.
My thinking has been in like a slow motion tangled web of "oh noooooo" everywhere I turn.
This first full week back to biz has been skittish at...
Inner dialogue
Jan 01, 2021
"Mirror mirror on the wall..."
I decided to attempt some #fungshui in the office this week, putting a mirror reflecting my desk/work area. Not so sure I'm exactly nailing the principles, but I do like that my mirror is talking nice to...
You're a creative pro, not a screwdriver
Dec 15, 2020
You've invested so much time and effort honing your creative skills, then comes along a client who either thinks they don't need any of that and just want you to execute their {ahem} ugly vision, or they are micromanaging the process.
...
Which matters more: how valuable you feel or what they think of it?
Nov 20, 2020
The value you place on your work is going to be incredibly impactful to how you show up to sell it, do it and exchange value for it.
The value your clients place on your work? It matters, and it’s something you can influence, but...
When it's hard AF
Nov 17, 2020
Me leaving my office last night....
Me, wearing the same thing for the second day in a row.
Blistered by spending an entire day on a project that once again, didn't get finished.
Three more things on my calendar to work...
What if you were either winning or learning?
Nov 13, 2020
I'm not gonna lie, sometimes I want to throw in the towel.
Go get a job somewhere where my roles and expectations are clear and a paycheck is steady.
I knew this wouldn't be easy, but I never knew how hard it would get.
