Image via kevindooley Today is a big day! Today is the official opening of Abella Media, my little business of language services! I finally have a decent portfolio built up, enough credentials, and enough revenue coming in so that I can have a professional website. I even added services like copy editing and translation (English and [...] Read more »
Skip the Gym Membership, Check Out Exercise TV
Recently GMW has been very focused on ways to get your financials in order. You may even recall me asking if you really needed some expensive gym membership to stay healthy (in case you didn’t get it, the answer is no). What I forgot to mention was a less expensive alternative for gym workouts and [...] Read more »
The Book Every Freelancer, Part-Timer, and the Self Employed Individual Should Read
When I started freelance writing a few months ago I had no idea what I was doing. The only thing I had was my laptop and the written word. Eventually I started to get the hang of things like managing my time, how to do research quickly and efficiently, and figuring out which websites actually [...] Read more »
Young, Fabulous, and Broke (and my ode to Suze Orman)
I’m going to admit that I have been living under a rock for years, probably because I went to college in the middle of nowhere and any day that we weren’t mistaken for animal poachers was considered a good day. Anyway, I have to make the embarrassing confession that I had no idea who Suze [...] Read more »
10 Tips to Live Debt Free on a 25k Salary
As promised, here is a post about living debt free. Unfortunately, debt is an epidemic among 20something year olds thanks to mix of bad luck, a shaky economy, and terrible spending skills. Know that you are in good company. Below you will find an excerpt of an article I wrote for the Yahoo Contributor Network [...] Read more »
A Week to Get it Together: Planning Your Goals for 2011
Given that this is a 3 day work week for many people, I just decided to take the whole week off from my freelancing. Or well, at least I won’t stick to my writing regiment as strictly. You may recall that I wrote about the importance of taking breaks. Well this week is going to [...] Read more »
Managing Your Finances 101, a job update, and more free templates
Image via mynameisharsha A couple of days ago I told you all about how I was going to try The Simple Dollar’s 31 Days to Fix Your Finances. Well I suppose it is about time I give you all an update, considering I have literally spent 3 days just trying to figure out what my [...] Read more »
Intro to Freelancing Part 2: How (and where) to Start
In Part 1 of this series, I discussed some of the things you should know before embarking on a freelancing journey, now I’m actually going to talk to you about how and where to start. If you are cool with what to expect and have set up a plan, then you are ready to actually [...] Read more »
Intro to Freelancing Part 1: 10 Things You Need to Know Before Starting a Freelancing Career (and a free template!)
Image via Ed Yourdon I have been getting inquiries over at 20sb and on this blog about how I started writing for money and keep promising that I will share. Well, I’m going to start answering some of your questions…RIGHT NOW. I am going to start off by saying that although I have encountered some [...] Read more »
My First Teaching Gig and Tips for Finding Passion in Your Work
I just went to go pick up the books for what will be my first Berlitz teaching gig! I’m not going to lie, since I completed the training I have been very excited about this opportunity. During the 3 day training I was able to meet people from all over the world and got to [...] Read more »
