The Minimalist Maximizer
I've been striving for a minimalistic lifestyle for a number of years now. I'm constantly trimming back on what I have and the things I regularly buy. I've learned to ingrain a mindset that questions the "need" for just about anything. Does that mean my house is pure...
Waking up early
We now have 2 kids. And they've essentially made me question whether I really need sleep, since I seem to function on so very little of it. Today, when my baby woke up to eat at 5am, I thought... maybe I'll just get up for the day. Well, "up" as in laying in bed and...
We bought a house
The only thing more lengthy and arduous that I've experienced has to be pregnancy. This might be because we actually bought a "short sale"... I guess. It's been unclear. And the things that you might expect to cause us problems in buying a short sale were, in fact,...
Welcome Back
The last few months have been a wild ride. As I posted about a while back, I started working a full time position. It was great in so many ways! But I'm analytic to the core, and spent a great deal of time while in the position weighing all of the factors that went...
Marketers Ruin Everything
You've heard this before, probably. Marketers ruin everything. Something so innocent, creative and honest quickly can be overtaken by marketing and business promotion once they get their hands on it. Facebook, Instagram, Youtube... But what I'm about to say is a...
Weekend Vibes
I've been doing a lot of introspective thought recently, specifically because I completed the 12 weeks of reading exercises outlined in the book The Artist's Way. I don't know that I believe in magic, but my life at the end of the 12 weeks looks very different from...
Changes
You can't expect to see change if you never do anything differently. -Meg Biram I made a big change recently. I got a job. Like a regular (mostly) job with benefits... and vacation time... and a desk. It's weird having a desk, to be honest. For about a year, I've been...
Oh Hi! Getting Licensed
I shared a bit on my instagram stories recently about the process of getting a business license. This is not glamorous, but a necessary part of the job as “entreprenuer.” Who needs a business license? If you sell anything under a business name you created (other than...
The Minimalist Maximizer
I’ve been striving for a minimalistic lifestyle for a number of years now. I’m constantly trimming back on what I have and the things I regularly buy. I’ve learned to ingrain a mindset that questions the “need” for just about anything. Does that mean my house is pure...
How ideas happen… and die.
People who paint or draw their own original artwork are the most fascinating people to me. It’s something I can’t comprehend… how you could possibly decide to take that step of putting your paint covered brush on a canvas and hope that image in your head comes to...