Tonight, we’ll all be counting down together at midnight (varying time zones not withstanding), but each of us undoubtedly will be counting down to something different. Last year I counted down to the year I would get married; the year before, to my first full year of self-employment. For some, it will be ushering in the […]
Refocusing on the Next Big Thing…whatever that is
In a “regular job,” projects come and projects go, but the job is always there. Most people realize that this is not so for the self-employed. We could try to pay ourselves a regular wage, but eventually a fight will break out between our ideal salary and the bottom of our bank account. The irregularity […]
The Residual Benefits of Getting Away
Last week I did something truly delightful: I went on a four-day writing retreat. It sounds so luxurious, doesn’t it? Before you get too carried away imagining a long weekend of spa treatments sandwiched between spurts of blogging, do note that it was definitely a working trip. I worked on my book proposal from the […]
Natalie Burg 