8th Jun 2009
It seems like most of the web has already linked to this but this post by Bud Caddell regarding How to be Happy in Business perfectly summarises the situation for many freelancers in digital media particularly. It certainly fits with the situation I generally find myself in.
22nd Apr 2009
After managing only one on-time update I failed to deliver a resolution review on April 4th for a variety of reasons. In reality I have little to report which is any different March 3rd – still plugging away at my two key resolutions. The continued poor economy makes this a particularly challenging time to make [...]
Comments Off • permalink •
22nd Apr 2009
I stumbled across this article from Matthew Homann on how to trade unfulfilling business for self respect. It resonates well until point 5 which seems kind of unachievable in a down economy.
3rd Mar 2009
It’s already time for my first review of the Groundhog Day Resolutions that I made back in February. The month has passed by very quickly but I have been able to make some progress on both of my major resolutions for this year and start to think about some of the other tasks I need [...]
Comments Off • permalink •
19th Feb 2009
Jason Fried hits the nail squarely on the head with this short post on the dangers of trying to keep too many balls in the air at the same time.
17th Feb 2009
Belatedly linking to this post from Andy Budd which makes perfect sense to me.
2nd Feb 2009
Following my previous post in which I explained my reasons for making Groundhog Day resolutions in the style of David Seah, rather than the more traditional New Year Resolutions (remember those?), it’s now time to make these resolutions public. Whilst I very much doubt anybody has much interest in reading about my resolutions, the simple [...]
Comments Off • permalink •
4th Jan 2009
For as long as I can remember, I’ve never been ready to make resolutions come January 1st. I’ve worked as hard as I can through to December the 20-something and then just collapsed for ten days to take a break at the one time of year when I know I’ll generally be uninterrupted.
2 comments • permalink •
1st Jan 2009
I have recently started to use Things.app in a last ditch attempt to keep a track of upcoming tasks and To Dos in 2009. With three Macs to keep in sync I turned to Dropbox to sync my Things data file – this is how I did it…
Comments Off • permalink •