//Photo Taken By Christina Slaton// Last week I took a trip back to the beautiful city of Chicago. Yes I made it a whole six weeks in Austin before I was chomping at the bit to be reunited with my best friends. Are you proud of me? However hanging out with my girlfriends was actually the added bonus of my actual reason for going back to Chicago …

Just shut up, and DO It.   I have this idea of myself: that I’m this free spirit who lives life on a whim, makes spontaneous decisions, and doesn’t crave order or schedules. The reality is, I am not this person. I’m a planner, a thinker, and a double thinker. I don’t “just do things”. If I do something stupid or crazy it’s completely on …

//My girl boss idols? Hayley Barna & Katia Beauchamp, Founders of Birchbox // //Photo Courtesy: referralcandy.com// I’ve always loved the security question: “If you could have coffee with anyone who would it be?” Let me guess: Your answer is someone who’s life you’re either in awe of, or want to assimilate to? I know, I must have ESPN or something. For me, the notion of meeting someone I …

  //Photo Taken By Christina Slaton// As many of you know, I own a small consulting business where I work with other entrepreneurs and companies on online branding and content strategy. But something that people often don’t know right away is that I have a business partner and co-founder (I know, so chic). Her name is Mollie, and she is fabulous. She is also what I like to call: …

//Photo Taken By Christina Slaton// July will mark over seven months of my new-found freelancing life! I know, it’s crazy.  There are still days I wake up and forget that I don’t have an office to report to. It’s been an incredible chapter of my career, but I’ve learned that working from home, whether remotely for a company or freelance like me, can be difficult. My friends and …