5 Untrue Myths About Making Your Dream A Reality

There are many reasons that people don’t follow their dreams. Most of them have a single underlying theme: fear.  Please don’t misunderstand me: I don’t mean the kind of fear that you can conquer “by just doing it.” Our deepest fears, I’ve learned, don’t work that way. Often, that fear comes from survival: at some point in our lives, someone told us that we could not survive unless we followed a certain set of rules. If you’re told that you shouldn’t walk alone at night because of the danger, you will start to become more alert and anxious when you…read more >

Can I Make Money Freelancing Online?

Yes. The answer is yes, you can make money freelancing online. There are a lot of scams and pyramid schemes out there, however, and it’s no wonder people get confused about how to go about actually finding a way to get paid for work they do online. Step 1: Figure out what your skills are.   What do you already know how to do? What skills to you already possess?   If you have problems coming up with answers to these questions, don’t despair. Start by asking friends, family member and co-workers or ex-coworkers. What do you have on your…read more >

Working for Yourself: Time Management

  I work for myself and it seems like I’m working 24/7. How can I manage my time more efficiently? As the owner of my own business, this has been one of my biggest challenges to overcome. For a long time, I felt like I was constantly working and had more than I could ever finish, but I still wasn’t quite able to pay the bills. There are several pieces that were essential parts of making self-employment work for me; hopefully they’ll help you, too.   1)   First, I listened to this podcast on productivity by Chris Kresser and it…read more >

Step 2 to Living the Dream: Promoting Yourself

It's going to sound simple, but for many people it's much harder than you can imagine: if you want clients, you have to be willing to tell people that you have the skills to help them. A lot of people think of a used car salesman when they think about promoting themselves - suddenly they've transformed themselves into a guy with slicked back hair, a tweed suit and a fake smile. Many people want someone else to do the marketing for them, just so that they never have to imagine themselves in this light. And you know, the hard sell…read more >

Step 1 to Living Your Dream: Giving Yourself Permission

Well, that’s a weird thing to start with, I imagine I hear you thinking. I thought she said she gave practical advice about living the life I’ve always imagined. What the heck is this foo-foo crap about giving yourself permission? Of COURSE I give myself permission! So you say, dreamer, but if that’s true, why haven’t you started living your dream before now? What’s been stopping you? Instead of trying to guess, I’ll just tell you what stopped me: I’ll never make any money doing {insert pretty much anything here} I don’t have time to work on my dream I…read more >