Every magazine, every blogger, every coach says the same thing about running: “You are your only competition.” It doesn’t matter if you’re an Olympic athlete or the person who limps their way across the finish line as the course is closing. Are you stronger, faster or better than you were yesterday? Being Type A, I try ...
Category Archives: work
The Elephant in the Office
There's an elephant in my office. It's the elephant-sized sofa that takes up half the usable space. And it simply must go. Like most home offices, mine didn't start out that way. When we first moved into this house, that room was ...
The New Project
I've made some references to a new project on the horizon, and it's finally here. Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce my new blog: What Would Betty ...
Not-So-RDQLUS Thinking
Ever since I read this blog post from Steve Gordon -- a.k.a. RDQLUS -- I've been thinking about the creative professionals that I've worked with during my career. "I'm so sorry," they say by way of preemptive apology. "I'm not much of a writer." I ...
Dress Code
The heat reached triple digits today. I stared at my closet for far too long before deciding that I'd wear shorts. A friend saw me this afternoon and immediately noticed. "Wow," she said. "I don't think I've ever seen you wear shorts before. Ever." It's true. I rarely wear them, and I'm even less likely to ...
Summer Conservation
After a prolonged cool spring, summer finally and suddenly arrived in the form of 100-degree days. I work from home. I don’t want to swelter while I work, but it seems completely absurd to cool an entire house to benefit one person in one room. And so, I go to
Economies of Scale: Why Shorter Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Cheaper
There was an awkward silence on the other end of the line. My client was dumbfounded. “How could a web page cost so much? It’s only three paragraphs!” I hate having this conversation. It’s not that I can’t justify my rates – oh believe me, I can, mostly because I'm far from the most expensive in ...
I Am Taking the Day Off
I am taking the day off. It's my birthday; I will not work today. Oh sure, I've made myself available to clients every night, weekend, sick day, vacation day and holiday for the last three years, but not today. Today I will spend the entire day doing what I want to do. I will run in the morning. I ...
New Project in the Works
I'm not going to bore you with the details of my new project yet -- at least not until I have more details to share -- but I will tell you that it's ...
The Next Big Thing
I had the privilege of watching Dyana Valentine work her instigator magic at the Creative Freelancer Conference last ...