When you work at home or on the road, you may find yourself working in a common space from time to time. The people in your life–especially those who have never freelanced or run their own business–will tend to treat this time as “office hours” when you are free to chat, answer questions, and generally [...]
When I first saw Wade Shephard sauntering down the streets of San Cristóbal de las Casas with his arms covered in ink, thick silver jewelry decorating his slim bearded face, I put him in my “too cool for school” category and went on my way. A few days later, I met up with a fellow [...]
I’ve crossed paths with many people passing through San Cristóbal de las Casas in their travels but few remain as vivid in my memory as Savannah, who I met last fall when she was (couch) surfing her way across Latin America. What I remember most about the luminous Savannah was her big, bright, brilliant smile [...]
Other than it being pancake month on the ol’ homestead, the hapz in our ‘hood include our dear roommate Vera moving out last Sunday and Roberto and I “moving” into her room in preparation for her replacement. Needless to say, I wasn’t thrilled about the move (or Ver-awesome’s absence) but Roberto urged me to make [...]
Awesomepreneur confession: I am afraid. Popular philosophy says fear is a bad thing, mostly because it is such a hungry little monster it can consume your whole life if you let it. I know. Because I am afraid. This morning I had a heart-to-heart with a fellow awesomepreneur, Javier, a foreign language teacher living in [...]
Despite proudly identifying as an awesomepreneur, I’ve admitted before that I’m not so awesome at work/life balance. While re-designing RKA ink, I basically lived on the Internet and my boyfriend was ready to stage an intervention when he repeatedly found me spooning my laptop at 3 AM, murmuring sweet CSS in my sleep. (On a [...]
Somewhere between hunting, gathering, and cube farming, we surrendered to the idea that hard work is synonymous with discomfort. Take the contemporary corporate “uniform,” for example: Who decided that neckties and nylons made people more productive and professional? (This guy.) For most live action Monopoly players, when we don’t leave work frazzled, sore, and exhausted, [...]
I gotta give a shout out to my mentor, Brent O’Bannon, for tip #4. Last month, when my head started to sizzle (fried egg, remember?) Brent suggested I find a theme song to energize and empower myself as an awesomepreneur. Each year, Brent chooses a new theme song to boost his mindset and guide his [...]
Let’s take a break from the heavy stuff and talk about something really important–music. People love music. I love music. And I knowww you love music. It’s a crowd pleaser. And I think if you work in a place where you can have music, you should have music. Even if it means singing to yourself [...]
For the last month, I’ve been buried in projects, the latest being my own re-design, which just about melted my brain. After finishing a big batch of new designs, I immediately started re-building RKA ink with a cruel, self-imposed deadline of a “few days” (see my maiden post) for graphics, design, content, and re-branding. Um, [...]
