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Career Privilege

Posted on May 18, 2022May 10, 2022by Vanessa Smith
Career Privilege

Career Privilege When I was job hunting early in 2022 I was involved in a few conversations online recently where people were talking about how only those with a level of privilege can go from one ideal job in their career to the next.   What is the privilege? To be clear, the main part […]

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Waiting For Autopilot

Posted on February 17, 2022May 10, 2022by Vanessa Smith
Waiting For Autopilot

That’s how I feel right now. I’m waiting for autopilot. I’m 2.5 weeks into a new job. I want to speed past this part.   It sounds ungrateful. So many people don’t have job and yet I found one before my previous job ended. And now I want to be past the newbie stage.   […]

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Randoms 26

Posted on January 24, 2022May 10, 2022by Vanessa Smith
Randoms 26

Randoms 26   Hello my linky up types. I have not linked up in quite some time. I gave up during NaNoWriMo in November because writing 50,000 words is a lot of work. Then in December I found out my contract at work is not being renewed so I had job hunting and let-it-rip related […]

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Why I Swapped To PayHip

Posted on November 23, 2021December 9, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Why I Swapped To PayHip

Why I Swapped To PayHip I’ve never been the biggest fan of online marketplaces (aka Amazon). I feel like they want you to spend too much time learning THEIR WAY, and yet don’t give you support if/when things go wrong.    This gave me a lot of uncertainty when I first started publishing books. I […]

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Randoms 25

Posted on September 27, 2021September 27, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Randoms 25

Bad Language It’s weird how we say “excuse the language” for a word like fuck but have no problem with people using non swear word language to undermine and gaslight people. That’s worse language.   Unfollowing Recently, I unsubscribed/unfollowed some one/thing that I had received for years. It was one of those things that was […]

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Banish Expectations

Posted on September 10, 2021September 23, 2021by Vanessa Smith
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 […]

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Six Simple Steps To Systems Success

Posted on September 5, 2021September 16, 2021by Vanessa Smith
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 […]

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Who Is Screaming The Loudest?

Posted on September 1, 2021September 23, 2021by Vanessa Smith
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 […]

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Work From Home Morning Rituals

Posted on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Work From Home Morning Rituals

Thanks to Covid, in 2020 I was able to spend a few months doing what I enjoy – working from home. While I like my colleagues and job, I’ve been commuting a long distance for a long time, and I cannot state my over-it-ness. It seems I’ll have to return to on site work when […]

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Why Do I Think I Don’t Fit In The Business World?

Posted on July 22, 2019July 10, 2019by Vanessa Smith

I have a “thing” where I don’t feel like I fit into any sort of business, freelance or “start up” world.   Why Do I Think I Don’t Fit In The Business World?     And I know the reason. It’s because I have a day job. I’ve written about how I don’t want to […]

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