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If You See It, Will It Come?

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What’s on the iPod: The Road to Home by Amy MacDonald Last week to save!Don’t miss out on money-saving advice: The 8 Top Tax Strategies for Freelancers webinar, being held Thursday, November 8th at 3 PM ET, is just $69.95. For that, you’ll get close to $375 worth of goodies, plus a month’s membership in the…

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Writing Refresher

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What’s on the iPod: Animal by Neon Trees I have never been so glad to see a day come. It’s Election Day, which means after 8 pm, all the phone calls, emails, mailers, and door knockers will leave me the hell alone for four more years. I’ve donated to my candidate twice. I won’t do…

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Evensongs and Irish Songs

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What’s on the iPod: Ghosts by Six Storeys High Last week to save! Don’t miss out on money-saving advice: The 8 Top Tax Strategies for Freelancers webinar, being held Thursday, November 8th at 3 PM ET, is just $69.95. For that, you’ll get close to $375 worth of goodies, plus a month’s membership in the 5…

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Positively Positive

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Don’t miss out on money-saving advice: The 8 Top Tax Strategies for Freelancers webinar, being held Thursday, November 8th at 3 PM ET, is just $69.95. For that, you’ll get close to $375 worth of goodies, plus a month’s membership in the 5 Buck Forum! Register here. What’s on the iPod: Girls Just Want to Have Fun…

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Monthly Assessment: October 2012

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What’s on the iPod: She’s Mine by Brett Dennen Don’t miss out on money-saving advice: The 8 Top Tax Strategies for Freelancers webinar, being held Thursday, November 8th at 3 PM ET, is just $69.95. For that, you’ll get close to $375 worth of goodies, plus a month’s membership in the 5 Buck Forum! Register here….

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The Softer Side of Sandy

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What’s on the iPod: Quiet Little Voices by We Were Promised Jetpacks Save money while learning how to save even more money — The 8 Top Tax Strategies for Freelancers webinar, being held Thursday, November 8th at 3 PM ET, is just $69.95. For that, you’ll get close to $375 worth of goodies, plus a…

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Blowin’ in the Wind

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What’s on the iPod: Where the Streets Have No Name by U2 The rain has just started more steadily, and the wind is beginning to pick up a bit of urgency. All night the stillness was deafening, and somewhere before dusk yesterday the birds seemed to have disappeared from sight and sound. Sandy is arriving….

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Away

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What’s on the iPod: I Feel Lucky by Mary Chapin Carpenter Today is all about time off. I’ve put up the Away message, I’m signing out shortly after this post, and I’m heading out with my hubs to the Martin guitar factory, then home to prepare for two events — the Samhain/Halloween party tomorrow and…

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Decompression Days

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What I’m reading: The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck What’s on the iPod: Unknown Caller by U2 Guess what I did yesterday? I worked, but I was in the car and somewhere else before noon. It felt heavenly to get outside, enjoy the sun, and get some errands done. It was a roof-down day, so…

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Success and Your Path To It

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What’s on the iPod: Into the Dark Unknown by Holcombe Waller There’s still time to register! The 8 Top Tax Strategies for Freelancers webinar, being held Thursday, November 8th at 3 PM ET, is just $69.95. For that, you’ll get close to $375 worth of goodies, plus a month’s membership in the 5 Buck Forum! Register…

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4 responses to “Success and Your Path To It”

  1. Devon Ellington Avatar
    Devon Ellington
    October 24, 2012

    A lot of people equate success with fame. I don't. I consider it living life on my terms.

    LOVE the photo — how beautiful — you and a rainbow.

  2. Allie Avatar
    Allie
    October 24, 2012

    I've thought about this before. I've got so many ideas of what success could look like, that I don't know what it would take to actually feel successful. Getting to work on my own time frame? Doing work I love? Creating projects that are interesting to me and that make me proud when they're finished? The joy of having someone tell me they're succeeding because of work I've done?

    Really, all of those things feel like successes to me.

    On the other hand, because I've been doing this for less than a year, I've been striving to reach — at minimum — the salary I made at my last full-time job. Because until I reach that point, I kind of can't believe this is my "full time" job.

  3. Cathy Miller Avatar
    Cathy Miller
    October 24, 2012

    Great photo, Lori.

    I have a very different concept from most advice-givers (or it seems that way).

    I respect each individual's choice. I am in a very different place in my life. I don't want to work myself silly for some 6 or 7-figure goal. I don't want an empire. I don't want employees.

    What I do want is work I enjoy, time for life, and the freedom to appreciate both.

  4. Paula Avatar
    Paula
    October 24, 2012

    My idea of success is being able to pay your bills – however large or small – by doing something you love and enjoy. (And by my own definition, some months I'm more of a success than other months.)

    I could never hold down a job I hated just for the paycheck. When people say freelancing is "brave" – working without the safety net of a steady paycheck and benefits – I remind them that I may have to work harder at times, but I can never be fired.

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