What I’m reading: Night Crawler by Diane Parkin (Yay, Diane!)What’s on the iPod: Where You Are by Rascal Flatts Wonderful weekend full of activity. After spending Friday’s lunchtime digging out the mailbox, I finished up an article and roughed in another. Friday night was spent with our monk, whose company is always welcome. He’s family….
Worthy Tip: Take This Job, Not That One
What’s on the iPod: Laundry Room by The Avett Brothers There’s one good thing about shoveling snow – it’s great cardio and muscle work. I’ve found if you have enough Aleve, you can pretty much shovel your way from one side of town to the other. Not that I want to or intend to –…
Knee Deep
What’s on the iPod: EZ by Pete Yorn Did I really say I loved snow? I did. Wow. Good thing, because today I’m staring down a long driveway with a ten-inch deep layer that needs to be moved. Maybe I’ll just stay in. Maybe I’ll hope for an early spring, starting today. I got enough…
Doing it Better
What’s on the iPod: Rockstar by Nickelback Good day yesterday. I managed a project, research on another project, a dental appointment, closure on yet another project, and tutoring my Vietnamese student last night. She had to take a test to measure her progress, so I had an hour of uninterrupted reading time in the library….
Content Farms: Is the End Near?
What’s on the iPod: Statesboro Blues by The Allman Brothers Yesterday was slow, but I got more accomplished than I thought. I managed everything on the to-do list, plus I had some time to work on personal projects and a little marketing. A day without marketing is like a day without work. Has Google figured…
Weekend Recovery
What’s on the iPod: Cinderella Man by Eminem It’s cold in the east, even by western Pennsylvania standards. I looked at the thermometer – 4 degrees. Plus there’s a little wind. Ouch. Welcome to January. I’m used to it after years of living west of Harrisburg, but for this area, it’s unusual. I usually have…
Stupid Clauses and Clients Who Push Them
What’s on the iPod: Something Good This Way Comes by Jakob Dylan It’s amazing how much you can accomplish when you feel lots of tight deadlines coming down on you. By noon yesterday, I’d completed three projects and started on a fourth. I spent the afternoon going over contracts and yes, marketing. Just because things…
Overeaters Anonymous, Here I Come
What’s on the iPod: Better Together by Jack Johnson Remember my sitting idle in November and December? Remember my wondering where all the clients were? I wasn’t worried – well, yes, I guess I was. I figured they’d be back, but I was eager to see them back sooner rather than later. Well, in true…
Building the Online Presence
What’s on the iPod: Soul & Skin by The Clarks Yesterday was fun. Yes, fun. I had a little work to clear up (and I swear I’ll clear it up soon), and then I got on the phone with Lisa Gates, coach extraordinaire and west coast soul mate, to chat each other up and hash…
The Best Laid Plans
What’s on the iPod: Through Smoke by Needtobreathe It’s funny how as the birthday of one Robert Burns draws near, I’m finding myself quoting his To a Mouse. If the best laid schemes indeed “Gang aft agley”, that was yesterday. Try as I might, I couldn’t get beyond one project, which quickly morphed into three….