I’ve been thinking about what I want to do for NaNoWriMo 2021. I blame NaNoWriMo sending an email to their prep course. My current feeling is that I need to work on my current big fiction WIP (work in progress). The problem is that the WIP is in the really awkward middle place where […]
Author: Vanessa Smith
Randoms 24
Randoms 24 Chronic “stuff” is so unpredictable. Right as I felt like I had finally found a balance of fairly functional days, it slapped me down with no-explanation pain. Tiring. Boring. OMG boring. I know some people don’t like to share chronic stuff for many reasons, but including not being the person who talks […]
Banish Expectations
Banish Expectations It’s time to banish the thought that you have to do certain tasks at certain times or in certain ways. Or first thing in the morning. (Or last thing at night, or while doing yoga drinking cold press whatever-that-is while smiling at the ceiling.) Sometimes I work well in batches. Sometimes […]
Six Simple Steps To Systems Success
Six Simple Steps To Systems Success When I was working with a business coach in preparation to launch my systems services, they told me to start writing about systems. You know, content marketing, build your authority. The problem is, I have a very simple approach to strategising anything, and it’s so simple that it […]
Who Is Screaming The Loudest?
Who Is Screaming The Loudest? I saw this tweet and it immediately inspired me to share a story. How should we prioritize tasks? Maybe by asking, “Who is screaming the loudest?” and getting them out of the way. I try to do the tasks I dread the most in the morning for […]
How Can I Up My Hustle Game?
We all know that hustling is the lifeblood of the twenty-teens and twenty-twenties. If you’re not hustling, you’re a lazy nobody. Here people (aka no one) sometimes contact me to ask me for more details on how they can improve in many different aspects of their lives. You’d think there are very few […]
Incidental Exercise
Lets talk about “incidental exercise” for a moment. Seen as good by most, because we’re all terrible horrible people for being sedentary. Although structures such as jobs requiring it, schools endorsing it is some kind of individual fault? Anyway, system vs individual isn’t the direct point of this post. This post is how […]
Why HR Degrees Hold The Least Value
To be fair, I’m sure a lot of important things are covered in HR degrees. Humans are complex, and treating them as resources must have a lot of complexity as well. Usually I don’t like to assume that a job I’ve never done is really simple. But I am always willing to make an […]
How To Know Your Free Sample Is A Real Winner
Free samples. The best way to feel rich without actually being rich. I mean, all you have to do is give your address, email, phone number, blood type, sexual history, sperm sample and you get some awesome tiny sachet in return. In 6-8 weeks. (Geez, don’t be a greedy fuck who expects […]
Fun Activities Catalogue
A while ago, I used my EAP (employee assistance plan, euphemism for psychological support) to talk to a psychologist. My physio in particular had been encouraging me to reach out as even though I bounce back from the gazillion fucking setbacks I’ve had, that’s still a lot to deal with. I’ve never really found psychology […]