Recently, I conducted a market research survey, and one major challenge among fellow entrepreneurs stood out: the pressure to be visible online 24/7. I got questions like – Years ago, I believed the answer was yes. I thought I had to be constantly visible, or people would forget me. Back in the early days of […]
When The World Is Ghastly and Exhausting – NEST.
This post was originally published June 21, 2018 There are days when the world feels like it’s on fire — and not in the metaphorical, Beyoncé-at-the-Met-Gala kind of way.No, I mean actually burning. Tumultuous. Terrifying. Relentlessly loud and exhausting.You know the feeling: the tightness in your chest, the existential fatigue, the bone-deep ache that something […]
Why I Care About The State Of Your House
Back in 2010, when I first began my adventures as a non-home-owning, globe-trotting work-wherever leading lady, I had a landlord come to do an INSPECTION of my nest!! It’s a regular occurrence when you rent your home, but was very new to me at the time. I remember being betwixt-and-between about it. The note attached […]
How To Sell Your House, the Law Of Attraction Way (Part Two … What To Do When It Doesn’t Work)
**Gentle reader, Part 1 of this adventure is here. You’ll need to read it first so that this bit makes sense!! I’ll wait …** Ready now? Good. Let’s continue … We’ve been in our GA home for nearly six years, and I’ve truly loved every minute of it. From the moment I walked into the […]
Christmas Countdown
So Halloween is out of the way, and this goddess just realized that the Christmas Countdown has begun! Did that statement make you break out in a cold sweat, Dear Heart? Do you have visions of a Norman Rockwell morning with everyone delighted opening Exactly What They Wanted while you waft around the kitchen, fully […]
How to Complain Effectively (ie like a goddess would… if she had to… which she does.)
Dahlings, this goddess is, quite frankly, Miffed! miffed /mɪft/ –adjective put into an irritable mood, esp. by an offending incident: I was miffed they didn’t invite me to the party. Allow me to explain. You see, Dear Hearts, a few of the windows on my goddess nest have developed a nasty opaqueness ~ and no, […]
The Epic Lesson behind my Purple Wall.
First published in August 2010, this is the tale of a half-painted, mismatched Purple wall … Had I known the lesson it would teach me, this goddess would have attended to it sooner. (transcript added below) So pray tell, Sweet Readers, what metaphorical Half-painted walls do YOU have in your life? And how would the […]
31DBB Day 1, or How to Run Several Challenges at Once Without Losing your Mind
Today, Gentle Readers, is an Auspicious Day indeed! Primarily it is Day 1 of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge ~ hereafter referred to as 31DBBB because seriously, that is a Very long title to type over and over again! My favorite WordPress goddess Kimberly Castleberry and several of my Facebook friends […]
The Great DeCluttering Day 2
Day 3 of the 30 Day Challenge and Day 2 of the Great DeCluttering sees us addressing the somewhat personal issue of Piles …
How to Get Out of A Rut (aka Thoughts While Stuffing a Chicken)
How do you get out of a rut? I was mulling over this idea while preparing dinner last night. Stuffing a chicken might not be high on the list of “Inspiring Activities”, but there ya go. So, I was wondering, what does one do about being in a mental, physical, creative rut? Especially if said […]