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Thoughts On Opening Veins

By Erin | Published December 15, 2012

My first published work appeared in my third grade school calendar. It was a poem about icicles. January. Picture illustrated by some fifth grader. The family considered it to be a Big Deal.

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Everyone Wants to Write a Book

By Clare | Published November 18, 2012

Whether it’s the lure of seeing your name in print or the satisfaction born from such a huge accomplishment, even people who have no clue where apostrophes belong have “write a book” on their bucket list.And secretly, I do, too. However, it’s more than that. I want to tell a story.

Posted in All Posts, Clare, Creativity, Season 7 | Also tagged books, journaling, Stories, storytelling 2 Comments

The Peace that Comes from Naming your Passion

By Nicole K | Published November 2, 2012

I want to be a model of a woman who loves herself, who finds joy in ordinary places, who celebrates her individuality – and I want to pay it forward.

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Learning to move forward even when life isn’t perfect

By Nicole K | Published October 12, 2012

I know, life isn’t always going to go perfectly. In fact, it will likely be filled with many unexpected challenges. My hope is that I can get to a point where those challenges don’t set off a negative mental spiral. A point where I can treat myself with the love and forgiveness that I would show to others.

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On Writing My Own Job

By Sarah | Published April 29, 2012

I never pictured myself the entreprenurial type. The idea of striking out and doing anything on my own felt painfully uncomfortable. I don’t know anything about running a business. How could any take me seriously?

I’m a super rule follower. That’s probably why I ended up with a government major and a government job. The government provides tons of manuals and rules and requirements. You don’t have to come up with anything yourself. In fact, it would best if you didn’t.

Posted in Creativity, Family, Job/Career/Work, Sarah | Also tagged career, challenges, change, child, children, employment, family, freelancing, graduate school, jobs, jobs for moms, marriage, Molly Mahar, part time work, Quarterlife Crisis, sahm, sarah bagley, school, stay at home mom, stratejoy, work, work at home mom 18 Comments

On Finding What Was Never Really Hidden

By Arielle | Published April 16, 2012

One of the truly amazing things about life is that you never know when inspiration is going to smack you upside the head.

Posted in All Posts, Arielle, Quarterlife Crisis, Season 6 | Also tagged Fear, finding your passion, Inspiration, stratejoy 16 Comments

So World, Are You Ready to Conspire With Me?

By Camila | Published March 30, 2012

The most riveting and terrifying aspect of my life is that I never know what to expect next. If I pronounce wholeheartedly what I aspire to achieve in these next five months, work just as fervently to accomplish them, and have the support of other lovely ladies, then I’m confident that they will become tangible and not just meandering thoughts.

Posted in All Posts, Camila, Creativity, Events, Job/Career/Work, Money, Season 6 | Also tagged Clarity, goals, life planning, money, organization 14 Comments

Finishing my manifesto and learning what self-love really is

By Dusti | Published December 15, 2011

Sitting in a bright red Ikea chair at a local coffee shop, it hit me. The deadline smacked me across the face like the icy wind on the walk to the shop, and I knew, I was screwed.

It was the day I was supposed to unleash my brilliant, value-packed, fabulous new email opt-in on the world – and my manifesto wasn’t done. At least not totally. After weeks of hashing it out, scrapping sections, and letting my heart pour on to the page, it still. wasn’t. done.

Posted in Creativity, Dusti, Life Lesson, Season 5 | Also tagged joy, Joyful Living, letting go, manifesto, self love 3 Comments

Breaking Free of Poverty Mindset – Here’s to My New Money Shoes

By Dusti | Published December 1, 2011

Money hasn’t been an easy subject for me for a long time. When I was a kid, I was a saver. But my mom would “borrow” my money, so I learned to spend it when I had it.

Now, I owe $30,000 in student loan debt, due to start being paid back in June. And a baby due February 29th. As you can imagine, “I got my mind on the money, and the money on my mind.”

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From Barista to Writer: Building a Business out of Thin Air

By Dusti | Published October 20, 2011

I never had any intentions of being an entrepreneur. Really I didn’t. I thought I was just starting blog. Harmless, really. Then, it was a month-long course on blogging. No biggie. Then, I made my first affiliate sale. Oooh, that was pretty exciting. Then, I was writing and marketing an ebook.

Okay, so it was a slippery slope.