Managing a marathon project.
Can we talk about the Marathon Project? You know the one: It encompasses a lot of work over a lengthy period, perhaps 6 months or more. It has a lot of moving parts. It’s tricky to plan and schedule. It requires ...
Tag Archives: freelance life
How to improve your brainstorming.
If there's one thing I miss most about working in an office with a team, it's the buzz of kicking ideas around with a few colleagues. Those spontaneous hallway conversations: "What would happen if we ...?" "What if ...?" For those ...
My, how this year has flown!
Are you startled by the fact that it’s December? Scratching your head at how quickly the year’s gone by? Me too. One way that I’m able to make sense of time’s flight is to look back at the year that’s passing, to ...
Hey, summer: where’d ya go?
Do you ever fall asleep on an airplane only to wake up when the wheels hit the tarmac? In a mental fog, you’re thoroughly flummoxed by the realization that you’ve arrived at your destination. I feel the same way as I ...
New work: The serendipity of ideas.
Ever wonder why you come up with the best ideas when you're not consciously trying to ... like, in the shower or behind the wheel? (Me, I get my best ideas while I'm walking our dog). It seems random, right? Turns out, ...
Food for thought: The refrigerator project.
What’s ON your refrigerator? No, I didn’t ask, “What’s IN your refrigerator?” What’s ON it? Remember when you’d dash home from the bus stop after school clutching an A paper or a favorite drawing from art class? What happened next? That’s right: ...
Downloading after the Creative Freelancer Conference.
I'm scratching my head that it was more than 2 weeks ago that I was in beautiful San Francisco for the Creative Freelancer Conference and HOW Design Live. The interim has been hectic: First, my little vintage recipe project on my ...
Upcoming speaking gig: Creative Freelancer Conference.
I'm super excited to speak later this month at the Creative Freelancer Conference, part of HOW Design Live in San Francisco. I'll be presenting a session called "What to Expect When You're Freelancing"—and it'll cover a range of joys and ...
How to stop procrastinating and get on with it. At some point.
An interview with Stanford University professor John Perry on NPR last year caught my ear (one of those “driveway moments” when you can’t leave your car until the story is over). Perry talked about his book “The Art of Procrastination,” ...
Food for Thought: Giving thanks.
With Thanksgiving Day in our rear-view mirror, the subject of gratitude still feels relevant. We typically think of gratitude in a personal sense—as in, feeling thankful for our health and our family. For a moment, let’s turn that gratitude toward ...