The Gift

The Gift

A while ago I wrote about how to cope when you’re a freelancer and the phone isn’t ringing. But I never considered how you cope when the doorbell rings and suddenly an abundance of work spills in. So, what do you do when something good happens? If...
Why I Work On Vacation

Why I Work On Vacation

First of all I LOVE my work. Don’t tell my clients, but I would do it for free. (And, I often do.) So, vacation without work would be like vacationing without getting up early and going for a run. It would be like vacationing without sticking to my keto diet. It...
Walking Meditation

Walking Meditation

I love walking almost as much as my dog loves walking. So, after a long day of impatience and non-productivity I leashed up my dog who’d been very patient with me that day. We both needed a walk. But as we headed out down the sidewalk in our historic,...
Not Noticing When We’ve Arrived

Not Noticing When We’ve Arrived

I began this blog, ADayOn.com, 10 years ago to encourage myself to quit my job and embark on a new way of making a living… and a life. I was trying to teach myself how not be afraid to step off the conveyor belt of job after job after job and into, what then...