One of my favorite bloggers, Dawud Miracle, wrote recently about how he missed a terrific opportunity when an established client tried to refer a project his way. Dawud lost the lead when his mailbox was full and the client couldn’t reach him.
Ironically, he had been putting off reconnecting with the client for some time. [...]

I haven’t been near the Loosely Speaking admin panel for, what, two weeks??
In the interim I have been tapping into my inner elf:

chugging away on the few work projects delivered by some especially industrious clients,
baking and building a gingerbread house with my granddaughter,
making cookies and thinking about making bagels,
cooking yummy dinners (like [...]

When I was a Brownie Scout, we learned that to build a fire you needed tinder, kindling, and fuel + spark + oxygen.
I never “flew up” to Girl Scouts since my troop leader abdicated (thanks, Mom!) and no one else stepped in to take us girls to the next level. I will say that the [...]