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Why it’s important to switch up your work routine

Switching up your work routine

//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 …

Happy month-iversary: Thoughts after a month of co-habitating

Co-habitating

How is it?  Does it feel weird?  Are you liking it so far? Have you killed each other yet? Behold, just a few of the many questions I’ve fielded from friends as a woman newly co-habitating with her significant other. One month to be exact. We’ve shared an apartment, bathroom, refrigerator, and an incredible walk-in closet for one whole month. There are days when I look around …

Blogger Tip: The best blog advice I ever got

Little Blog Book

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 …

10 Questions to ask your girl boss idol

Girl Boss Idols

//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 …

Finding your perfect match (in a business partner!)

Choosing a business partner

  //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: …

How I stay productive while working from home

How I Stay Productive

//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 …