This is a hard truth: too many good things is still too much. Grace and I picked blueberries this morning (can you spot her below?). The blueberry patch has been here for over thirty years, and these bushes keep making good fruit! How? Our friend, Wanda, works hard to keep them well-fed and pruned. If Wanda let the bushes grow grow grow, the fruit wouldn’t get as sweet because the nutrients would be spread thin. It’s time to do that…
Eight years. Eight years! I was thinking to myself that “MTH,” as we call it, is the longest running creative conference, but it isn’t. Because we’re not just for creatives. The Making Things Happen Conference began in 2009, after what seemed like a small leap of faith at the time: I posted a blog entry answering a question I’d recently been emailed — “How do you make things happen?” Before I knew it, the post (“How to Make Things Happen“), started making waves. Those waves…
Hi, friends!! Welcome back to my new weekly series! Can you believe we’re at the half-way point of 2016? I was reading Nancy’s goal updates this morning and they got me inspired. There’s nothing magical about January 1–July 1st can be our new year, friends. I’m working on my July PowerSheets today, and feeling good about the little by little progress I made in June. What a month of unexpected change! What are y’all up to this weekend? Ari is working so…
It’s okay to be average. It’s okay to love something and not be the best at it. It doesn’t mean you or your gift are worthless because you aren’t the “best.” It’s okay if your talent or passion isn’t a business. And it’s okay if your business isn’t the “best” either! I caught myself comparing my business to a friend’s last Friday. I said to Ari, “Her business is probably doing better than mine…” Re-writing a book has been [insert all…