Business

Posts about my meandering journey into business ownership – from dreams of owning a retail boutique to freelancing as a web/graphic designer, to successfully starting and running a digital marketing agency.  Thoughts on balancing entrepreneurship with family and motherhood.

  • I’ll Never Be a Professional Blogger

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    Last week in the New York Magazine, there was an article about the Queens of Mommy Bloggers.  As I read through the article, couldn’t help but think that I will never be a professional blogger.  These women make hundreds of thousands (maybe even millions) of dollars off their blogs (which would be nice) but they…

  • Job Skills

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    One of the arguments against stay-at-home parenting that I hear is what a career killer it is to be out of the workforce for a number of years.  Sometimes, it’s said that the impact of SAH parenting is worse for men because it’s unexpected for them to do so, other times it’s said to be…

  • Papoose

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    In case you missed the link in my last post, I want to introduce to you my new website for Papoose, www.papoosenantucket.com. I am really excited about this site, not only because it’s an important step towards getting the funding necessary to get Papoose off the ground, but also because I built (coded!) the site…

  • I might not have a lot of money…

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    I’m sitting here watching the State of the Union, and I can’t help but be inspired. I’ll admit that in many of my adult years I haven’t bothered to watch the State of the Union or if I did, it wasn’t something that really resonated with me.  Often times, politics can seem so far away…

  • Resolutions

    It’s a little late, but I do have some New Year’s resolutions.  I’ve been thinking about setting realistic goals for the new year (Simple Mom has a great post on this) and decided just to set three of them: Do better at the Housewife Challenges. Stop being a housewife. Don’t let 2 get in the…

  • Back to Work (A Little)

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    We’re in the land of mega-chains and drive-throughs!  (A.K.A. the rest of the United States outside of Nantucket.) Saturday morning, we were on the first ferry off the island at 6:30 am.  After an adrenaline filled morning of, “oh my gosh it’s 10 to six, we have to go!”, we had a leisurely 2 hour…

  • What Do You Do All Day?

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    Time is a really interesting thing.  When I was still working outside the home, it felt like the hours, days, and weeks just flew by.  At work, I would be so engrossed in what I was doing, I sometimes had to set a reminder to pop up on my computer and tell me to go…