This retreat has been really wonderful. I was teasing Amanda, because she said this was a vacation. “You think this is a vacation? I haven’t worked this hard in three weeks!” We’re both right, though, aren’t we? There’s no time for client work — at all — so how can this not be a vacation …
As I type this, I’m sitting in a gorgeous home in Jewett, New York (about 100 miles from the city in the Catskills). I’m one of 17 women who are here, talking business. I didn’t know there would be much of an agenda. I think there wasn’t, at first. “Let’s get together and see where …
I’m calling this the season of transition, and transitions are stressful. We were misinformed about just how long it would take for our things to travel from Portland to Phoenix, and since we thought we’d have them by now, we packed and planned poorly. We’re staying with Brent’s parents, and we are not good house guests. …
It was too cold inside the ice cream shop to effectively enjoy ice cream, so I ordered mine, then skipped out on the bill and went outside. There were two tables and one bench. The tables were sticky with other people’s ice creams, so I sat down on the bench. Brent was a few minutes …
There’s some toxicity around entrepreneurship. The grass is always greener over here because we entrepreneurs grow grass seeds. There’s a phrase I see a lot in motivational Facebook groups, or posters in cool fonts. “Love what you do,” it says, “and you’ll never work a day in your life!” That is complete and utter nonsense. …
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Coffee. Silence. Being awake at a time the rest of the house (and probably most of the rest of the city) is still sleeping. It’s my favorite. When I wrote about my ideal day a few weeks ago, I mentioned that I wanted to get up early, do some focused work before everyone else gets …
