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There’s a store in the Polish Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh that my partner loves called Copacetic. It’s the tiniest place on earth, packed to the gills with illustrated books — graphic novels, comics and the like. We went a few weeks ago to look around. He was chatting with the owner and I had wandered…

As promised, last month I carved out some time to think about what this monthly(ish) email actually is. I went back through every newsletter I had ever written and categorized everything in a Google sheet to try to find… something. Patterns? Answers? Here’s my summary: Nothing is going to change on this end. I’m still…

The first week of July was rough. I spent the majority of June traveling and spending time with family and friends, but I had a lot of work to catch up on when I got back. Every Friday, I make a list in Apple Notes for the following week with tasks for each day. My…

I recently joined a new three-month coaching program centered around creating content. I love to create content, but the problem is that sometimes I’m not sure who I’m talking to. (Also it can take some time to produce.) The first assignment was to post 500-700 words on LinkedIn. I wrote about diversifying your income by…

My dad had an aloe plant in the office of his garage. He was okay but not great with plants. He’d grow a few vegetables on the side of the garage, but every rosemary plant I gave him died. The aloe, though, thrived. The plant came to live with me two years ago. I repotted…

Last month I told you that I was going to commit to: I’m happy to say that I finished both and a big THANK YOU for helping me stay accountable. There are tons of ways you can stay accountable to the things you want to do in your business (or personal life). Here are a…

I’m not big into Instagram, but I recently saw this post about being in motion vs. taking action. Slide 6 is the best, where they outline specific differences between being in motion and taking action. I think this hit me because lately I feel like I’ve just been in motion. So, I’m here to commit…

I’ve been thinking about Valentine’s Day. I love Valentine’s Day — red and pink hearts, peanut butter meltaways, beautiful flowers, those hard conversation hearts with weird sayings that taste like Pepto Bismol. There are a lot of businesses that I love, too, but I don’t often take the time to tell them how awesome they…

Estimated taxes for the fourth quarter of 2021 are due soon, so last week I sent mine in. I have the same type of business checkbook that I remember my dad having — one of those large binders with three checks per page (and more checks than I’ll ever use). I got out the checkbook,…