This quote from Albert Camus has been a favorite of mine since I was in my early teens. “In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus I was only 13 or 14 when this quote of Albert Camus’s became one that I often repeated…
Taking shortcuts can sometimes be hazardous to your health — physically AND mentally. Ignoring signs like this to “get there faster” is usually a mistake. Early this year, I had to drive out of town to see one of my doctors in person. Prior to that, my visits with her had been on Zoom. (That,…
Google Sheets have been a lifesaver for me … especially when I’ve had to create spreadsheets. (Can you tell I’m not a fan of Microsoft Excel?) I’m not sure when I was first introduced to Google Sheets, but I think it was probably the summer of 2022 — when I started working with a client…
Publishing articles on LinkedIn can help you become more visible online and boost your credibility. You can let people know about your article in a post, too! After LinkedIn started allowing people to publish newsletters (in March 2022), publishing articles seemed to fade in popularity among many business owners. I’m a good example of that….
Oster Versa Professional Power Blender — my tool for preparing great smoothies for over a decade. Just over 10 years ago, I ordered a blender that was rated as being a good alternative to Vitamix … at a much more reasonable price: the Oster Versa Professional Power Blender. In the decade since then, I’ve used…
Memories of baking cookies with my mom may be one reason I prefer baking over cooking. But cooking is more similar to the way I run my business. The main difference between cooking and baking (other than the fact that most of us probably associate baking with desserts) is that you don’t have to worry…
The Pilot G-2 07 is my favorite brand of red ballpoint pens. In the third issue of my newsletter, which I sent out in June 2023 (Proofreading … the ‘Art of Being Picky’), I said that red pens were my favorite tools for proofreading. That hasn’t changed! And to be honest, I doubt it ever…
If written content is important in your business, don’t ignore this task. Have you ever met someone who said the one thing they wanted to be when they grew up was a proofreader? I’d be surprised if you did. At least, I know that wasn’t the case with me. My dream as a 9-year-old in…
“Garden Corner” — the perfect name for this corner of my living room. During the long months of COVID lockdown, I took advantage of the extra time I had and decorated all of the walls in our large apartment (which we’d moved to just six months before the pandemic hit). One section of my living…
Color-coding is a fun way to get creative with your calendars. My first experience with creating an EDITORIAL CALENDAR was in late 2008, shortly before publishing my first newsletter in January 2009. I named that monthly newsletter The Write Stuff … since I knew the focus of every issue would relate, in some way, to…