Category: Work & Worth
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Maybe the Goal Isn’t to Become Unnecessary
There’s a lot of business advice about making yourself replaceable. Build the systems. Delegate. Automate. Get yourself out of the day-to-day. And yes, I need to do more of that. But I don’t think my goal is to make myself unnecessary. I want to become necessary for the right things. I don’t need to personally…
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I Was the Calculation: Six Years of Admin A La Carte
On September 1, 2020, I took a gamble. I had quit my job. I didn’t have a cushion. There wasn’t a giant savings account waiting for me if this didn’t work. I was just determined that somehow, some way, I was going to make it work. Six years later, Admin A La Carte is still…
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Being Needed Is Not the Same as Being Wanted
I’ve had a few conversations lately that have made me think about the difference between being needed and being wanted. Last week, I wrote about a business owner who told me how much he trusted me, especially because he doesn’t feel like he has many people around him he can trust. In a different conversation,…
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Apparently, People Are Paying Attention
Friday morning, I was sitting down with a new client. Except “new client” doesn’t really explain the relationship. I’ve known him for a while through the business world. Somewhere along the way, we went from people who knew each other professionally to actual friends. We’ve gone out, talked about our businesses, talked about life, and…
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The Horrors of Medication Changes
Especially the kind that are supposed to keep you alive, sane, stable. People talk about medication changes so casually sometimes. “Just switch meds.” “Maybe increase the dose.” “You can always try something else.” As if changing psychiatric medications is the same thing as switching laundry detergent and not a complete neurological demolition project. Because some…
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The Day I Realized I Can’t Keep Running My Business Like a One-Woman Emergency Room
Today was one of those days where I looked up at the clock and realized I had somehow already lived three workdays before dinner. I was up and out of the house early because I knew I needed uninterrupted focus time. A real estate agent I recently started working with had a listing appointment pop…
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Life Lately
(aka rebuilding, refining, and starting over… all at once) t’s been a minute. And honestly? That tracks. Life hasn’t exactly been “sit down and write a thoughtful blog post” kind of calm lately. It’s been more… put out fires, keep things moving, circle back later. So here we are. Circling back. Life update… because that’s…
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When the Vision Board Isn’t Done… and Life Moves the Furniture Anyway
I’m almost done with my vision board. Not “framed and finished and ready for a Pinterest reveal” done, but almost. The bones are there. The feeling is there. I know what belongs on it, even if every square inch isn’t glued down yet. And then, life did what life does. I finally landed in an…
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Five Years In
Technically, my five-year (business) anniversary was yesterday. But I was busy outside, getting sunburnt at the playground, so today it is. Here’s the truth: a lot of small businesses don’t make it here. Some days, I don’t even know how I have. Some days, I wonder if I still want to. But the people I…
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Rainy Days, Early Flights and Rest as the Work
Today started at an ungodly hour; the kind that should only belong to insomniacs, night-shift bakers, (and my boyfriend.) I was up before the sun, driving someone to the airport so she could get to her mother-in-law, who recently dealt with a medical issue. By the time most people were hitting snooze, I’d already logged…
