June 2017 Tasks
Message from Elaine Record keeping is the worst, isn’t it? It’s tedious, it’s boring, and there are considerably more important things you could be doing in your studio. Nevertheless, maintaining accurate books and records—and an overall understanding and mindfulness […]
May 2017 Tasks
Star Wars has been on my brain of late, courtesy of “May the fourth be with you” greetings last week, coupled with the streaming release of Rogue One (in our house anyway). My wish for you this month is not […]
April 2017 Tasks
April showers bring May flowers… But really, all we want to talk about is how to make it rain, cash style. Managing cash flow is a challenge for any business, but it is particularly challenging in creative industries. So this […]
March 2017 Tasks
“What will that cost?” is one of the most challenging questions to answer for a creative entrepreneur. Mostly because “it depends” isn’t really an answer. But in fact, it does depend. It depends on how long the work will take […]
February 2017 Tasks
Message from Elaine Do you feel the love yet? Are you surrounded by pink and red hearts, terrible candy, and poorly executed pre-fix dinner menus? It’s almost enough to make you want to do your taxes instead. You […]
January 2017 Tasks
Message from Elaine Happy New Year! I love that I’m not seeing a lot of “resolutions” floating around social media or in conversations for 2017. Not that there’s anything wrong with resolutions. But they tend to be aspirational […]
December 2016 Tasks
Message from Elaine As 2016 crawls to a close, we wanted to focus on protecting creative, personal, and professional boundaries, particularly with the holiday season in mind. As desperately as we all crave community and support from those who value […]
November 2016 Tasks
Message From Elaine People can be awful, can’t they? Never has that been more evident than in this political season. Stories about troubled relationships, tense family exchanges, and neighborly grudges fill our news feeds. It would be easy to […]
October 2016 Tasks
Message from Elaine 168. That’s the number of hours we all get in any given week. But what we do with our time during any given week differs dramatically from person to person. And the way we spend our […]
September 2016 Tasks
Is “summer hibernation” a thing? Where people stay inside because it is too unpleasantly hot and humid to be outside? If it is, I’m declaring it officially over for 2016. There is a lovely, crisp chill in the air […]
