“You need to change your website so that it appeals to everyone.” That’s what a friend once told me when I was asking for suggestions about what was good and bad about my business. My retort was “Why?” She just shook her head like I was some clueless child. The thing she didn’t understand is…
Category Archives: Life/Work Balance
Living for the experience
Recently, I produced a play. You can read about it at www.latinamotherhood.com When I shared my idea with friends and family, it was amazing the responses I got. Initially, not one was supportive. I got a lot of confused looks and questions like “Did you always want to produce a play?” “How long have you…
Why writing your own ticket rocks
I started this week out spending the day in San Francisco with my family. We walked around Fisherman’s wharf, ate seafood at a restaurant overlooking the bay, and we took a walk over the Golden Gate bridge. We did all the little touristy things families do. But before I even left the hotel that morning…
The truth about passive income
For many, many years now, I’ve been studying money. (Have I mentioned I have always been a bad student?) Specifically, I’ve studied business. But only in the sense of the whole “Get Rich Quick” theme. What I’ve learned about money and business is that the best way to make it–unless you are doing something you…
How to get the thing you love more than money
My 2-year-old is getting money savvy. Maybe it’s testament to where things are in the world with this economy as people get focused on money–either getting it or keeping it–but my toddler is no longer immune to the love of money. As I was dropping him off at the sitters he told me from the…