Tag : ambition

Take a leap of faith. Move through fear. Trust in your ability to handle whatever comes. Each step forward makes the next one easier.

I reached my goal sooner than expected, self-employment as a freelance writer and photographer. Wherever it leads, I’m going to enjoy the ride.

I recently had the pleasure of writing some business profiles for a special section of the Portland Business Journal published December 9, 2011 on “Oregon’s Most Admired Companies”.  The articles covered three of the companies who made the top ten list in their industry, as well as one of the nine CEO’s of the year. […]

From the time I learned to read I’ve been enamored of the written word. As a child I devoured books, and actually I still do. As early as elementary school I had a desire to write as well. My early efforts were focused on short stories and poetry. In a high school creative writing class, […]

Yesterday afternoon I felt honest-to-God joy. It’s been awhile. Making an abrupt transition from a lifetime of full-time work for others to being self-employed left me feeling a bit unsettled. I’m doing what I want to do, but still dealing with angst about not bringing home a larger paycheck and worrying about all the “what […]

Time flies, and the older you are, the faster it seems to go. The past decade seems to have passed in a blur, like landscape viewed through the window of a speeding train. This sense of time passing too quickly, the realization that the years left to me are finite and dwindling, contributed to my […]