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are you leaving enough space for your life in your work?

By liz-kalloch on February 21, 2012

If you are an entrepreneur-self-employed-part-time-creative-consultant-activist-full-time-trying-to-find-your-calling-and-your-raison-d-être it’s not all about the marketing plan, the biz plan, the to-do list, the connections, the working it, the social media-ing, the never ending must-dos. It’s also about fun. Fun, you say? But I’m trying to get a business off the ground so I can make the living of my [...]

Posted in action, creating action, creative thinkers, Plot Notes | Tagged celebration, fun, inspiration, joy, life, liz kalloch, play, work | 2 Responses

About the Author

Liz Kalloch is an artist, designer, traveller, and writer who has worn many different creative and entrepreneurial hats – and some of these hats she has even designed and knitted herself. Her artwork – and life – is focused on searching the soul to stay connected to her life path, clarifying and re-clarifying a life purpose and always trying to listen more carefully to that inner voice that speaks the truth. These days you can find her in the San Francisco Bay area where she runs her own freelance design and art creating business and blogs about it here.

returning to self and life’s simple pleasures

returning to self and life’s simple pleasures

By gwyn-michael on January 30, 2012

January 2012 may be the longest month of my life. Cancer diagnosis at the beginning of the year, when one tends to be in starting over and setting intentions mode, is an odd parallel to live. Still, it has been in many ways quite wonderful. Cancer forces one to take stock of what is important [...]

Posted in Conversation Starters | Tagged authenticity, cancer, creative living, ease, gwyn michael, joy, life, simplicity | 21 Responses

About the Author

Gwyn Michael is an artist armed with a camera, Photoshop, some painting supplies, and a discerning eye. She is passionate about creating images that teach us to view the world differently or more deeply. To learn more about Gwyn, her inspirational art, and her passion for creative living, visit her website and blog. Gwyn frequently gives mini tutorials on Photoshop and offers creative challenges on her blog.

a piece of summer, photo by liz kalloch

What I Learned on My Summer Vacation

By liz-kalloch on August 30, 2011

This summer I reacquainted myself with a few things that had been missing from my repertoire of life over the past 9-10 months. Much of my summer was about slowing it down, reining it in and walking instead of running (and even floating instead of standing). The last week or so I have had several [...]

Posted in creating action, Plot Notes | Tagged fall, goals, lessons, life, living, liz kalloch, summer, vacation | 5 Responses

About the Author

Liz Kalloch is an artist, designer, traveller, and writer who has worn many different creative and entrepreneurial hats – and some of these hats she has even designed and knitted herself. Her artwork – and life – is focused on searching the soul to stay connected to her life path, clarifying and re-clarifying a life purpose and always trying to listen more carefully to that inner voice that speaks the truth. These days you can find her in the San Francisco Bay area where she runs her own freelance design and art creating business and blogs about it here.

my blinding epiphany…again

my blinding epiphany…again

By gwyn-michael on July 18, 2011

Less is more. -unknown Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. -Confucius Life is complex, not complicated. -Patti Digh Simplify, declutter, BREATHE. I know these things, but it seems I forget again and again, and learn again and again. I have been making my life, and even more so my work, [...]

Posted in Conversation Starters | Tagged art, creativity, epiphany, gwyn michael, inspiration, life, simple, simplicity | 16 Responses

About the Author

Gwyn Michael is an artist armed with a camera, Photoshop, some painting supplies, and a discerning eye. She is passionate about creating images that teach us to view the world differently or more deeply. To learn more about Gwyn, her inspirational art, and her passion for creative living, visit her website and blog. Gwyn frequently gives mini tutorials on Photoshop and offers creative challenges on her blog.

28 things to do while I’m 28

28 things to do while I’m 28

By tara gentile on September 9, 2010

Tomorrow, I turn 28. Some of you are going to say “oh! You’re so young!” Go ahead… get it out of your system, I’ll wait. Done? Cool. I don’t feel old – still waiting for that magic 3-0 that I’ve been longing for since I was about 12. Yeah, I was that kind of kid. [...]

Posted in announcements, personality | Tagged life | 45 Responses

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tara gentileTara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.


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