If you’ve been on social media this week, you may have noticed posts about an Etsy Seller Strike. Etsy sellers are boycotting the platform this week to protest Etsy’s latest round of fee increases. Not surprisingly, I have a lot of thoughts on this, so I went ahead and created this video: View this …
That depends on your Domain. How to know if you should bring your bright shiny idea to market. When I went full-on plant lady a few years ago, I did so with one goal in mind: “Do not try to monetize this hobby.” You could call it the elder millennial impulse to turn every hobby …
I read over 50 books in 2021 (you can see them all on my other blog) but very few of them would be categorized as business books. This is a little surprising to me (as it probably is to many long-time readers) but the truth is, I’m not finding much new, interesting, or inspiring in …
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Or why I bought myself 3 new pairs of glasses for my birthday Earlier this year, I found out I needed glasses. I actually found out the hard way. After months of increasing eye fatigue and discomfort (and all the self-induced anxiety that comes along with overthinking a medical issue instead of just getting it …
You might not think of what you make as art, but I do! Perhaps it’s my obsession with Ted Lasso (and the fact that I watched Brett Goldstein’s Emmy acceptance speech too many times), but I really wanted to title this post “You are a fucking artist.” (If you’re a Ted Lasso fan too, I …