My 2023 Year-in-Review
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Seeing it all organized like this makes me so proud of 2023. I don’t get around to these every year, so I know I’ll appreciate it more when I look back.
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Quick Solo Weekend in Austin, TX
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My favorite destinations from a short solo getaway to Austin and a few stories along the way. I scoured the blogosphere when planning this weekend trip, so here’s my contribution back into the well.
Read MoreA Few Lovely Days in Charleston, SC
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A few of our favorite photos of the food, fun, and spontaneous moments on our family week in Charleston, SC.
Read MoreOne Magical Day in the Wizarding World (at Universal Studios, Orlando)
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I had a very magical 30th birthday that kicked off at the Wizarding World at Universal Studios in Orlando. This is a selection for the scrapbook.
Read MoreThe Complete New Year Checklist
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Planning frenzy! Last-minute Christmas shopping! Keeping it all together, oh my!
With enough people telling you how to set goals, what accessories you will need in 2020 (queue eye roll), and the overwhelming quickness of the holiday season, I've put together a concise and comprehensive checklist that even only half-completed will set you up for a killer 2020.
Read on to get the complete checklist for how to close out the current year and complete all the activities that set up the next one!
Read MoreHow to Plan Your Year with Vision Casting - Start Here Before Setting Goals
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Have you ever thought about setting a goal and felt… stumped?
Start your new year with a strong vision and try this vision casting activity before setting your goals and resolutions. If goal setting feels hard, if you continue to set goals you don’t achieve, or if you have never set goals before, start with vision casting so you can have your best year yet.
Read on for vision casting activities and examples from my own 2020 planning to inspire your process.
Read MoreHow I Plan for the New Year: Your High-Level Planning Guide
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2020 Planning Guide: Complete your yearly review, start vision casting with a possibilities brain dump activity, get clear on your big dreams, create boundaries for time management and self-care, set goals, choose a theme word, and set up your planner, calendar, and schedule for 2020. Learn how to complete these activities in this 2020 guide for planning the new year.
Read MoreHow to Write Year-in-Review | Planning Season Series
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This year, my intuition called for radical change.
Doing this “Year-in-Review” activity helps to represence all the incredible things that occurred this year - all in one place. I asked myself, What did you lean into and give your time and attention? What results did you see from your efforts? Who did you connect with? Where did you go? The answers to these questions, found by racking my memory, re-reading my journals, and flipping through the year’s photos on my hard drive, paint the picture of a year well-lived.
Read on and try this activity for yourself as you plan for 2020.
Read MoreHow to Write Your Holiday Bucket List + Make The Most of the Holiday Season - Updated for 2023
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Write your Holiday Bucket List instead of letting this season fly by in a flurry of family obligations and late-night shopping excursions. In this post, I focus on creating a list of activities + intentions to help you keep the spirit (and the joy) alive and make the most of this wonderful time of year. I also share my Holiday Bucket List that you can draw from for example!
Read on to get the full activity + make this your most memorable season yet.
Read MoreSpooky Season Spectacles in Collaboration with Midjourney
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A few of my favorite ‘spooky season’ Midjourney art projects.
Read MoreWhat I Learned at 3686 in Nashville & How I'll Make the Most of Conferences in the Future: Part 2
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Make the most of any conference with these lessons learned from my experience at Launch TN’s 3686 entrepreneur’s conference! Tips for planning & goal setting ahead of time, how to make the most of your real-time experience, and how to process what you learned to make the memory part of your momentum.
Read MoreWhat I Learned at 3686, LaunchTN's Nashville-based Entrepreneurship Conference: Part 1
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A more reflective and journal entry-type recap of key takeaways from LaunchTN’s 3686 entrepreneurship conference. You might also interpret these as what I consider to be good practices for making the most of any conference.
Read MoreWhy Vision Casting is Your Entrepreneurship Plan
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You may have a business plan but do you have an entrepreneurship plan? Many of us start businesses to do something we love, only to become business owners in the process. Now we’re performing business functions like marketing, bookkeeping, dealing with contracts, providing customer service… How much of that entrepreneurial freedom are we keeping for ourselves and the pursuit of the dreams that brought us here?
Read MoreVision Casting Workshop - Entrepreneur's Edition
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Vision casting for entrepreneurs is strategic planning hidden within a layered cake. Sweet and fluffy icing, lovely colors and designs, but absolutely no mistake that this is the roadmap to your goals as a business owner and entrepreneur. Without life, there is nothing, so take a new approach to defining your entrepreneurial efforts through the lens of vision casting.
Read MoreWhat is a Business Architect — and What Makes a Great One?
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Quick, straightforward outline of one person’s experience as a small to mid-sized business architect. We’ll cover what this term actually means, what kind of results this role can achieve, and get to know some of the nuances in mind as we build a sustainable, efficient enterprise.
Read MoreContemplating Hustle & Balance and Planning an Intentional Birthday
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What started as a LinkedIn post about how this neuroatypical planner broke through self-judgment and planned a nurturing birthday week is now this blog, complete with a rant-y bit at the end about hustle culture and adaption.
Read MoreMy 2022 Theme - Listen | Honing my weakest sense
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Each year, I practice vision casting as the anchor of my planning season. With every vision comes a theme, something I’d like to cultivate more of in myself and in my daily life. This year’s theme is Listen and in this post, I dive into my process, inspiration, and outlook for 2022.
Read MoreResearching Lately: Writing Classes for 2022
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My research notes on writing classes + tools shaped into a more readable narrative. There were so many amassed links, I felt compelled to share the compilation.
Read MoreWhy does falling sick feel like a personal failing?
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I woke up sick this morning and felt guilty about calling out of work at my new job. I sat down to write and see if I could figure out where this self-abuse stems from. This article doesn’t solve my cold or the fact that my brain wouldn’t work today even if I forced it to — it did give me insight into another option, though: Taking the advice I would give others in this situation.
Read MoreHow to Complete a Spending Freeze | My September Plan
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This month (September, 2021) will be my third spending freeze of the year. I’ve refined my process such that having an instruction manual will be helpful in future. If you’ve ever wanted to try a spending freeze or simply want to refresh your relationship with money, this is worth a try. Step-by-step instructions with prompts, activities, and plans.
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A seedy romance told through the journal entries of a failed actress-turned-prostitute in a brothel fronted by a deli in late 1970s Times Square, known then as ‘The Deuce.’