With May showers, flowers and craft shows blooming, everyone's in a rush to spring clean. It's tempting to just toss everything into a bin without really looking and start over from scratch. I talk a good game about wanting that but I'm also incredibly sentimental so I want to keep a ton of stuff. Neither extreme is healthy, effective or sustainable in the long … [Read more...] about Organize Your Heart and Mind
Entrepreneurship
Steps for Organizing Your Professional Goals
Not only does organizing your professional goals help to make your working hours count, it also prevents your creative business from growing like a hearty weed into every nook and cranny of your life. You must give your business boundaries and tend to it the same way you'd nurture a lush garden. This takes a little planning, but I promise it will be well worth your … [Read more...] about Steps for Organizing Your Professional Goals
Organization tools I can’t live without!
Being a small business owner is crazy sometimes, thinking about everything you NEED to do outside of actually making your product can make your head spin...or leave you running for your big fluffy bed wanting to pull the covers up and hide. While it is a lot easier these days to get your name out there with social media, blogs, your website, etc keeping up with it all can be … [Read more...] about Organization tools I can’t live without!
Death, Taxes, and Your Dirty Mind
April 15th was tax day here in the US. For some folks, tax time is a breeze: they take a box of papers to their accountant + head out for a coffee. For others, it's only slightly less horrifying than their get-up for the senior prom. Oddly enough, I enjoy the process and the paperwork at tax time. I'm that kid who used to play 'office' or 'Realtor' instead of 'house.' I have … [Read more...] about Death, Taxes, and Your Dirty Mind
A Quick Guide to Storing Files in the Cloud
At Aeolidia, I work with a team of 21, and we often need to share files, which is what started me using Dropbox and Evernote, both "cloud-based" solutions to storing files and data. My laptop is on its way out, and I'm planning to switch from a PC to a Mac (gasp!). Moving things from a PC to a Mac is not the easiest thing in the world, and this has pushed me to finally be sure … [Read more...] about A Quick Guide to Storing Files in the Cloud
