TweetShareBossholes. Lol. After a near panic attack a couple of weeks ago, I realized that I am seriously slacking on the side business. Granted, this is not completely my fault. I work at my day job…a lot. It was to the point where I had no control over my time and it was driving me [...] Read more »
Top 7 Helpful Interviews for Jumping Into Entrepreneurship
TweetShareSo I never actually shared this information, but I received my first official business cards in the mail a few weeks ago. At that moment it set in the my side hustle was for real. I had spent months building a portfolio and learning the ropes, and although I did eventually take a plunge into [...] Read more »
How to Take a Step Back and My Case for Doing Nothing
TweetShare I had a rough week at work last week. Not only because the hours I was putting in, but because of a bad case of the flu that quite literally knocked me on my ass. This of course was not including my moonlighting freelancing endeavors because I didn’t even have the energy to speak [...] Read more »
Blogs Posts to Help You Focus on the Present
TweetShare As a 20-something trying to find her place in this world, I have noticed that I and other 20-somethings suffer from a severe case of ”Grass is Greener” syndrome. In other words, we find ourselves saying “My life would be better if x, y, and z happened.” In my case it would be moving, [...] Read more »
You CAN Do It All – An Inspirational Story from Venezuela
TweetShareImage via RubenPS One of the reasons I love teaching for Berlitz (and living in Miami) is because I get to meet people from all over the world. Additionally, many times I get to meet people with incredible stories and inspirational lives. Today was no exception. I had an English student today who was literally driven [...] Read more »
How to Have More Productive Days (And Still Get Some Sleep)
TweetShareImage via madame.furie Not too long ago I wrote a post about how to have better mornings. I am happy to say that after following my own advice, and that of other lifestyle and productivity bloggers, I have indeed had less stressful mornings. Of course, life does get in the way sometimes, which is especially [...] Read more »
2011 Money Goals for Gen Y
TweetShareIn preparation for today’s post I made a simple Google search for “Gen Y Money”. You know, to get a feel for what people are writing about us. Boy, are we a popular topic of discussion! Headlines like Why Gen Y is Broke, Why Gen Y Might Never Retire, and Gen Y’s Money Woes are [...] Read more »
7 Tips for Starting Your Own Freelance Business
TweetShareI received an email from Mahriana over at the Unclammed Black Pearl telling me that she wants to start her own freelance green home staging business (Congrats, girl!). She then asked me for some advice on how to run a freelance business and I immediately wrote a very long email with some things I have [...] Read more »
Taking the Red Pill: 5 Steps for Taking Control of Your Finances
TweetShare This is a guest post from a fabulous 20-something finance blogger who writes under the name Money Rabbit. Money Rabbit is a 23 year old personal finance blogger currently living in Toronto, Ontario. She likes investing, saving for travel, and long walks on the beach. MoneyRabbit.ca was started as a form of cataloguing her [...] Read more »
A Week to Get it Together: Planning Your Goals for 2011
TweetShareGiven 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 »
