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Sausage dog change purse by angharad. It's LINKS people…like sausages…get it?! Yeah, I know, I'll go back to The Catskills where I belong.
For those of you readers who've been around for a while, you know that my weekly series, Freakin' (Great Links) Friday, was a staple on the When I Grow Up Blog for 24 installments. 6 months in blogger time is like a whole year in dog years! Well, my last installment was on April 24th, when I reassesed what the heck I wanted to do with this blog, and also asked all y'all what you wanted to see here. While some of you liked the links, it wasn't the reason why you paid me a visit. So, when I decided to drop a serious, I laid Freakin' (Great Links) Friday to rest.
But it doesn't mean I want to stop giving out the link love, as there are so many links out there to love! I've been wanting to have a monthly series, but that hasn't happened yet. Well, I'm starting…now! The last week of every month, I'll have the links I've loved for that month. Because there'll be more of them than usual, I'm gonna just let the titles do the talkin'.
Since this edition contains 3 months of links (oy to the vey), I limited myself to my favorite 25. Here they be, in no particular order - but don't think it was easy!:
- interview: aimee dolich & limiting beliefs on pecanoot
- Whip out the kleenex for the update on Jon the 23-year old ball player on Escape from Cubicle Nation
- Riding the Roller Coaster of Life & Letting Go of the Handle & Mojo Mondays: Write Your Personal Mission Statement on Owning Pink
- Dreams: What Would You Trade? & Shhhh…I'm Hunting Gwemlins! on More in You
- Boost Your Mojo By Identifying Your Natural Gifts on Owning Pink &, on a similar theme, Everything You're Not on Rise of the Innerpreneur
- thoughts on true love by Kelly Rae Roberts
- If you want it…ask for it! & How to make action setting sustainable on Sunday Night Success
- 11 slightly scary ways to become a better you, notes to my 20 year old self, & 4 questions to shine light on your vocation on White Hot Truth
- You matter, on Seth Godin's Blog
- I Am Here, on Swirly Girl
- Flying Girl Adapts to New Worlds, or Fish Lessons on Warrior Girl
- Building Your Career, One Brick at a Time on The Simple Dollar
- Are Artists Unhappier than Non-Artists? on The Happiness Project
- Breaking Out of a Creative Rut & Working Through Creative Fear on {A}
- Dialoguing with Your Inner Critic on Creative Every Day
- pick a bleu mango on artsyville
- 3 Essential Ingredients for Creating Unconventional Success on a beautiful ripple effect
I can honestly say, though, that my favorite post of possibly the entire year was featured right here by my guest blogger, Emma Alvarez Gibson. If you haven't already, read her touching and inspiring posts, Elimination Dance: Part 1 & Elimination Dance: Part 2. I know that they'll resonate with each and every one of you who's still trying to figure out who they want to be when they grow up.
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Yes, I'm still using dachshunds to represent “links” in my Link Love posts. It's just too puntastic not to! Here are Elephant & Apple Fabric Mini Dachshund by aliceapple.
As promised, here are my freakin' favorite links of August 2009!:
- You're Not a Real Shark on pecannoot
- Why You Must Discover Your Purpose on Pick the Brain
- wonder what their dream is & unfetter your happiness (you know you want to) on white hot truth
- Always/Never & Notes on Swimming & A Story About Ping (yes, she's on fire!) on Emma Alvarez Gibson (I created my Always/Never list here. Share yours!)
- The Little But Really Useful Guide to Creativity on Zen Habits
- Start Before You Finish: A Case Study on Productive Flourishing
- Candy Clouds on Color Me Katie
- You don't have to be the best on unclutterer
- All advice on how to manage creative people is awful by Penelope Trunk
- Why Not You? Why Not Now? by Carolyn Rubenstein on Psychology Today (shameless self-promotion alert!) & 11 Ways to Find Serenity Amidst the Chaos by Carolyn Rubenstein on A Beautiful Ripple Effect
What did you enjoy in the blogosphere this month? I'd love to read what you're reading, so please comment below!
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sitting on a rainbow: by jess gonacha on pecannoot. This might be one of my favorite illustrations of all time.
This was a super-busy month, & I have to admit that I didn't go a-blogging as much as I usually do. I thought I'd have a sparse entry for this week, but it must have turned out that I loved what I read, because there's a lot of meat here!
Here are my freakin' favorite links for September with some Aug posts, but I didn't find ‘em until Sept so they still count)!:
- Welcoming Back Our Creative Selves on Jamie Ridler Studios
- let it rain painting on 31experiment
- Swimming Lessons for Moving Out of Your Comfort Zone on Creative Every Day
- Tiny help & Cleaning day & Shapes on Color Me Katie
- What's in YOUR Way? by Nicole J Butler
- sitting on a rainbow: by jess gonacha & i am magic on pecannoot
- You Are Not Happy on Ivy League Insecurities
- How does Art Build Community? & Five Things We Learned About Business From A Glass Artist on Intarsia Concept
- Destuckifying when the shoes are flying overhead & Ask Havi #26: What to Say to People on The Fluent Self
- Reducing resume clutter on Unclutterer
- Guilty Desires Unite on White Hot Truth
- let me try this again on Kelly Rae
- Are the odds in your favor? on a beautiful ripple effect
- Make It Dangerous or It's Not Worth Doing on Warrior Girl, You're a Warrior Mama, Now
I wanted to start including links to the most popular When I Grow Up posts for the month, & I have to say I was surprised to see that they were my two vlogs: Stress, Tears, Gratitiude & How I'm Really, Truly Doing as well as I'm a Fire Starter! Following closely behind were the last 2 posts in my Grown-Up Gigs series, Grown Up Gig: Creative Entrepreneurial Endeavor Developer & Grown Up Gig: I Wear Your Shirt. Guess I'll be doing more vlogs & Grown Up Gig posts, huh?
I also have to give a super shout-out to two of my clients who have started/revved up their own blogs lately. Andi Whaley, the martial arts & running coach that wrote Aspiring vs Being, & Shunning the Non-Believers, started her Hit & Runners blog with 9 posts in 2 weeks. This girl means business! I have to specifically pimp her article, Play Date, which reminds all of us how important “playing” is for both children & adults!
Mike Cullen is a photographer who just opened up shop, & the colors & light in his photos of what “may or may not be flowers” are gorgeous. His blog lives here, but his photos live here, so check ‘em both out. You can order his work here for as little as $11.00 for an 8×10. I'm so not a flower person (in terms of clothing/art), but I'm seeing his daisies as a collection in my new bathroom, although this one is my favorite. Loves.
I know I didn't get to much reading in Sept despite the heftiness of this post, so leave a comment & let me know what you loved reading this month, or what I missed!
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Go Ahead…Jump In: by Kim Creagan found via pecannoot (this is another great post. Just click on the photo title to read!)
I'm sorry, but what?! It's time for another Link Love post? It's the end of October? Crazy nutballs.
As I'm getting ready to move (Saturday out, next Wed or Sat in!) keep yourselves busy with my top 25 gems of the month (yes, I starred/tweeted almost three times that many):
- an awakening & three years into painting by kelly rae roberts
- Um, everything on white hot truth this month. It's just the first page that's up now. I honestly couldn't not include every single one of her feature articles. It technically counts as 7 entries, but I'm cheating & just putting the blog name to count as one. I'm sneaky like that.
- Pouring Concrete on awake at the wheel
- risk free life by keri smith
- my interview with kath younger & four days left & the last day on follow my bliss. It's my new favorite blog, & I'm a total stalker.
- Just One Page on Ivy League Insecurities
- The Meaning of Life? & Oh the Terror & Glory of it All & The Godliness of My Tattered Life on Warrior Girl, You're a Warrior Mama Now
- Overcome Your Natural Sticking Points on Magpie Girl
- Invitations on Swirly Girl
- perfect vs good enough on makeunder my life
- A Boss Lady We Love: Jeannette Ordas on Boss of You (I'm buying their book, BTW, & it looks awesome!)
- What is Your Purpose? & Artists Don't Have to Suffer on Unscripted
- A Case of the Creative Munchies & How to Feed Them on Freelance Switch
- Unplugged – Recharging Your Creativity on Leo on the Loose
- How to Pick Yourself Up When You're Utterly Demotivated on Pick the Brain
- Make a Decision on Seth's Blog
- Where Are You Spending Your Time? on Intarsia Concept
- Owning & Accepting What Is on Owning Pink (& yes, this sparked my Tough (Question) Tuesday this week)
- Letting your Freak Flag Fly by the Communicatrix (OK, it's from her newsletter, but I couldn't not include it. Read it, then sign up for it here. You will super thank me).
Also, I have to pimp out my Oct “appearances” (doesn't it sound like I'm a starlet?):
- my radio interview on Daily Whip lead to awesome discussions about hippies, strippers, actors, my logo people (Bruce the Stumming Businessman & Nancy the Ballerina Nurse), branding, bringing your skills & interests into a new career you love, making your own recipe, & other such funness. You can listen anytime here.
- my exercise video debut with Coach Andi of Hit & Runners. We had such fun even though I hate sprawls more than anything.
Have you read anything great this month, or written anything awesome? Post about it in the comments – I wanna see!
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BE HAPPY by EverythingLovely found via A Beautiful Ripple Effect
People, it has been approximately 1 million years since I posted a Link Love post, & because of that – & because I literally subscribe to over 100 blogs in my Google Reader (that's post-purging!), there are appoximately 1 million links to share. But, because none of us has 1 million years to read all these links, I tortured myself by including no more than 20 of them. Now, please note that there are over 700 unread posts in my Reader, & I think that my Reader lists when a post is starred – not written – so these are from the posts I've starred in January. Whew! This is getting complicated. Isn't “simplicity” my 2010 word? I gotta look into that.
- Working It Out on Ink on my Fingers (great free download here!)
- What are intentions anyway? on Carmen Torbus
- day five (!) & a story on Follow My Bliss
- Is Your World Getting Smaller (Like in a BAD way?) & Show Them Who You Are on Nicole J. Butler
- life is subject to change: what happened when I raised my rates (this isn't here just because I'm in it!), the secret to self-promotion: radiance & the facts, jack on White Hot Truth
- It's OK on A Beautiful Ripple Effect
- 2009 Intention Review: a letter to myself & Design Your Life: Step It Up With Steph on Makeunder My Life (the former was the inspiration that, um, inspired me to write my own letter & post it for the people of the Interwebs to read. Gulp.)
- Why You're Undervaluing Yourself (& How to Stop) on Productive Flourishing
- Batshit Crazy: Creative Ways to Meet Your Goals & How to Make Unstupid Goals& No Bullshit Branding & the Sustainable Empire of You on IttyBiz
- if you were a superhero… & let your sun shine on Jess Gonacha Swift
- It Doesn't Have to Be Good & the Art of Procrastination on blue bicycletta
And for some shameless self-promotion, because I'm bursting at the seams!:
- I can't not link again to my Newsweek.com video, Put Me In, Life Coach. Then read an update from my client that's profiled, who had the cajones to ask to be put on a new project that sparked her interest & wound up managing it. Through the roof am I.
- Have you seen Spring lately? We've been posting new content weekly & it's pretty freakin' awesome, if we do say so ourselves. And if you comment on any of our Jan posts, you get entered to win Jess' New Years Goals & Intentions Kit. It's so awesome & I'm so ineligable for the contest, I had to buy one!
And thanks to everyone who wrote themselves a Dear Future Me letter, answered 1 Thing in 2010, wished me a Happy Birthday and/or pimped out my Newsweek video! Honestly, there was so much love & goodness I didn't have time to list them all here. Don't you love that?
So what did you love/read this Jan? Please share – I wanna know!
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Jump by Jessica Gonacha Swift. I'm planning to take a big jump next week, but can't tell ya about it yet. I'm such a tease!
Yay hooray for Link Love! While I've always been lovin' the links, I love this series just because it gives me an excuse to thoroughly go through my Reader at least once a month. I totally con myself into thinking reading my blogs is work, because I have to link it up for you guys here. I'm so tricky, & I love it!
In order not to suck up the entire rest of your month, here are my Top 20 February posts (in no particular order, because rating them would be ridiculously evil):
- The Fire & Perspective on Swirly Girl
- Empathy on Follow My Bliss
- Imperfect Balance & I Intend to Wake Every Day, & Try on Torpid Trifling
- Mixtape #3 on Kind Over Matter (all their mixtapes rock the friggin' houseoff)
- Open-Heart Surgery: Six Life Leadership Lessons Discovered in the Midst of Heartbreak (get the tissues ready!) on More in You
- People Want to Help You on Unicorns for Socialism
- If There Were No Criticism or Praise, Who Would You Be? on Awake at the Wheel
- If You Were a Superhero…, Listen: You Already Know All the Answers & Let Your Sun Shine on Treasuring (stop being so brilliant, Jess!)
- Why Are You Apologizing? on Seth's Blog
- The Perils of Justifying Yourself on White Hot Truth
- How to Change People's Minds About You on S.Joy Studios (there are 5 steps to this post, & the link here goes to the last step which links to the other 4 steps. Yes, this is a tricky way for me to include 5 posts that count as one. Insert evil laugh here)
- How Not to Hurry & The Hidden Art of Achieving Creative Flow on Zen Habits
- Feeling Small Makes Me Feel So Good on Rise of the Innerpreneur
- A Tiny, Sweet Thing on The Fluent Self
- A Fable About Possibility, Hope & Following Your Dreams on Owning Pink
And now for some shameless self-promotion!:
- I got interviewed on The Sweet Unfolding!
- I drew a self-portrait for The Mathematics of Glamour!
- I got interviewed for Let Your Office Creativity Fly Free for Metro, a daily paper!
- We made a crapload of videos around support (both positive & negative) on Spring! Choose your poison or watch ‘em all (click over today for a new installment):
What did you love reading this month? Anything I missed? Do you agree or disagree with anything above? I wanna know!
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Carmen Torbus is awesome, & she made this. With leaving my day job (finally!) & all, it's so how I feel. She's an articulate, smart lady!
Guys, this is getting ridic. Stop writing awesome stuff, OK! It is getting too tough for me to narrow it down for my Link Love posts! Geez Louise Louise, I'm telling you…grumble grumble grumble….
OK, I guess I'll be all life coachy & see this from a “Look at all the total awesomeness this month! Wowza!”
- How I haven't yet listened to any Creative Living with Jamie podcasts is ridiculous. She interviews such fantastic women (Rachelle Mee-Chapman, Keri Smith, the Kind Over Matter girls), I can't limit myself to one link. So just subscribe via iTunes, will ya? I'll be listening along with ya!
- Pondering Yoga & God on Torpid Trifling. Katy, the author, went to high school with my husband, & I thank him all the time for telling me to read her blog. A gorgeous writer with so much goodness to share.
- The Story We Find Ourselves In on Creative Every Day is especially for those who've convinced themselves they aren't creative. Puh-shaw.
- Magpie Confessional: Small Business Neurosis on Magpie Girl. Get outta my head, Rachelle!
- 57 Questions to Spark Your Creativity on A Beautiful Ripple Effect is awesome for obvious reasons.
- Be Your Own Guru on Awake at the Wheel features the gem, “The person I was looking for was the one I needed to become.” Whoa.
- Six Months Later on Follow My Bliss marks the time when Jen quit her day job, as well as the awesome opportunity she got herself &, ultimately, passed on. She is so my hero.
- The Break Through Your Creative Blocks series on Lateral Action is awesome. Just head to the last one, I've Run Out of Things to Say & scroll down to see the rest. Read what your Vampires keep whispering in your ear.
- How to Fall in Love with You: Step One on Ink on my Fingers broaches a big fear of mine: a solo artist date. Eek!
- Jess Swift (who is no longer Jess Gonacha, yay!), I need to request a blogging vacation from you, as your posts are too meaty & pretty & awesome to stop from linking to a crapload of ‘em. March's crapload includes The Perils of Being Balanced, Do What YOU Want, A Curious Thing Happened to Me Last Week (& it involves Lady Gaga), & Walk the Tightrope (is this print in your shop yet? Hurry up, lady!)
- Aligning Strategy & Compassion on Productive Flourishing takes the Yuck outta selling.
- One of the Most Powerful Questions, Ever on White Hot Truth is the one that I need to ask myself, & then be quiet until I have the answer. Thank you, Danielle.
- Failing Well & It's OK to Be OK on Kylie Writes deals with two of my favorite things: imperfection & acceptance. Aaaaaahhhhhh.
- Not Good Enough on Ivy League Insecurities is where Aidan brings her Vulnerability Vampire to the surface. I also loved Dollhouses & Dreams, because I was there in her apartment with Gretchen Rubin & 40 other women, & I felt lucky & honored & special. Yup, I'll write about my experience soon (spoiler: it involves me telling Gretchen & a room full of strangers about my disgusting habit. Thank God it got a laugh!).
- Have you listened to Art Heroes Radio? Me neither, but it looks awesome & I had to share it right away.
- All of the Money March videos are up on Spring! Each under 20 minutes, we answer the questions, How can you trust that you can do what you love & the money will follow?, How do you determine your worth & be comfortable charging it?, How can comparing yourself to those who are seemingly making a lot of money be inspiring instead of defeating?, & How much is money wrapped up in our definition of success? Y'know, easy stuff. And don't forget to leave a comment to be entered to win 3 Bright Side necklaces by Jess LC – the more you comment, the bigger chance you have of winning! And don't forget to enter our Be Our Co-Host contest. We're looking for a new one & it could be YOU (said in my best Rod Roddy voice)!
- Mission Possible….or What I Know for Sure on Carmen Torbus was sparked by my post. Aw. Speaking of Carmen Torbus, she's hosting an Art + Dreams Bound Retreat in May at a funky place called The Purple Cottage. You are so gonna wanna go.
- Friday's Confession on Crafty Fanny, in which making pulled pork is like being an artist. Just trust me on this one. And speaking of Crafty Fanny, she's committed to making a painting a week for At the Crossroads, a not-for-profit that helps homeless youth. Your $25 donation gets you in a raffle to win one of the 8 paintings she'll make, while the rest get put on Etsy with part of the profits going back to the organization. You can donate & enter by heading to her contribution page. All the cool kids are doing it (aka me!).
- It's OK to Be Awesome on Unicorns for Socialism. Speaking of Unicorns for Socialism, Alexandra's last day at her job was yesterday (woo to the hoo!), & I hafta pimp out her freelance services (classified as “writer / editor / organization freak”) because they're – yes – totally awesome. Check her out.
- It's Not a Waste of Time on Your Creative Ally. Speaking of Your Creative Ally (yup, I'm sticking with that transition), you can win a free hour of VA work with Sara (who's my VA) by clicking right here.
Now that I look back, this is still a ridiculously long list, & I know I totally killed your Friday. But that's why I put the little tidbits about each link, so you can see which ones you wanna read. So nice of me, right? I know!
Happy April, my friends! The sun is shining & I so appreciate you. Have a great weekend!
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