5 Reasons to Start Before You are Ready
In most circumstances, being prepared is highly overrated. Have you ever spent more time getting ready for something than you did actually doing the something? From blogging to exercising, changing careers or launching a new business, you can get lost in getting ready. While some preparing is necessary, be mindful of your actions. There is [...]
Eliminate Distraction for Ultimate Productivity
When was the last time you spent the day running back and forth to your mailbox every five minutes to check and see if the mailman had arrived? That’s funny to think about, but the reality is that many of you are checking your e-mail that frequently, logging in and out of Facebook and [...]
7 New Blogs on Minimalism & Living Simply
In June of 2010, a little over month after I started blogging, Joshua Becker published 7 New Blogs on Minimalism/Simplicity You May Enjoy and included me and my (then) new blog, Be More with Less. That blog post introduced many of you to me, and I knew one day I would pay that forward. 7 new-ish [...]
10 Steps to Build a Smalltopia (and how I built my own tiny business)
This blog started almost a year ago, but my desire to run a little business, and have the ability to run it from anywhere, has been growing for years. Even though I didn’t fully realize it, minimalism and building a business that is part of my heart and soul has appealed to me for a [...]
Why Daily Deals are Dangerous
I understand that there are some very responsible people in the world who can use credit cards for points, coupons for cash savings, and cheat (binge) days on diets to sustain weight loss. I am not one of those people and you probably aren’t either. I usually don’t read the newspaper anymore, so I don’t [...]
The Power of Patience
You might have noticed that things don’t always happen when you want them to. Sometimes, in between wanting something to happen and the actual happening, you freak out. Sometimes the freak-out is short and sweet. Sometimes, it lasts for days. After your panic attack or temper tantrum, you get a headache, or maybe a cold. [...]
Interview with Smalltopia Author Tammy Strobel
When I started reading Tammy Strobel’s amazing new e-book, Smalltopia, I was reading it as a reviewer, but before I got to page 10, I was an engaged reader learning how to achieve my dream of creating a small business. Tammy has such a unique way of presenting information. She makes it simple and digestible. [...]
Stop Checking Email
photo credit Last week I challenged myself to a new email routine. I committed to checking email twice a day instead of living in my in-box. It was a great success and I am going to stick with it. I check email for my day job, my photography and blog account, and personal messages. My [...]
Email is Taking Over and Only You can Stop It
photo credit: click here “You run the day, or day runs you” – Twitter user I will admit it, email sometimes runs my day.There are days that I feel like I live in my in-box. It starts off innocently enough with a “quick” email check in the early morning, and then, it’s late afternoon. Choose to [...]
Are you in Business?
photo credit: click here If you said no, think again. Just because you don’t work in an office building doesn’t mean you aren’t in business. If you buy or sell anything, you are in business. Hey bartender! You are a business man. Mom at the grocery store , you are a business women in action. [...]
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