I got some interesting feedback from my last post, “The Lure of Easy Money”. Here’s what my client Steve said, “One thing I might say (from my perspective) is that the money AIN’T easy… (If this is easy, I hate to think what hard money would be like :-0 ) and it’s not that I…
I’ve been there, done that, got the T-Shirt, and the Coffee Mug. Where? Doing a ‘job’ I hated, working a contract I loathed: justified by “the money”. When I turned 60, after spending 4 months in severe pain from my Fibromyalgia, I promised myself, “I’m not going to do work I don’t want to do….
Thanks all for your kind comments. I missed them cause I was busy getting ready for the teleclinc and the new gig. Oh, and I was also preparing to teach an Unsticking(TM) workshop to the writers who hang out at the Alberta Romance Writers Association. That one was called “Break Free … and Write!” It…
I recently read an article in the Globe and Mail on Twitter Stalking. While this article focuses mainly on the phenomenon of ex-lovers monitoring their former lover’s behavior via Twitter, the article — and concerns raised by a young female client — prompts me to talk about the importance of protecting your Internet Privacy, Security,…
In my last newsletter I described the 1st step you need to take in order to find work that doesn’t suck. Today’s article will detail the 2nd step: what to do once you have (even a very vague) idea of what you’ve like/love to do for a living. FIND Full-Time or Part-Time WORK THAT DOESN’T…
Unemployment Soars! Another Canadian Soldier Dies In Afganistan! 7-Year Old Girl Sexually Assaulted! Crud, I so love listening to the news on my radio — NOT! It’s not like I wasn’t already feeling mucho stressed — which I KNOW because my Fibro pain has returned … and with a vengance! So, on my walk this…
I am in a dark, dreary, place soaking in melancholy. And, I LOVE it! The part of my brain that has an ounce of intellect left recognizes this “feeling”. My old FAMILIAR: the “dark side” of my Muse. In her ground breaking work, “Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and The Artistic Temperament“, author and manic-depressive,…
A client just asked me what I thought of a possible name for her ‘new’ business. My gut reaction to the name was “wad da fa?” Ya see, I KNOW this client very well. I know the quality and value of the work they do. I know how their work really enhances their clients’ brands….
This poem is especially for Howard P. COURAGE Cowards are we all, Who easy choices make. Fear whispers In every ear, Few choose not, To heed. Seldom to us Is given Greatness. Yet, It is not The Grand Acts That make us Great. Rather, Small choices, Carved out of despair; Forged in pain: Choosing life’s…
The Sadness Is With Me The Sadness sits with my heart. Alone I feel, So, much alone and, sometimes I want to die, and, sometimes I want to run away, For the Sadness leaches through my soul, Permeating: Soul, body, mind, and marrow, and fills my being with naught but pain. Yet, run I not;…
