self-care isn’t selfish
Sarah Schumacher2020-07-08T21:03:01-05:00Taking care of others requires taking care of yourself. The people around you feed off your energy; managing your own stress is beneficial for them too.
mind your substitutes
Sarah Schumacher2020-05-07T17:54:00-05:00Meaningful work requires momentum, and we often make empty substitutions. What feels productive might be procrastination.
don’t wait to prioritize your life over your career
Sarah Schumacher2020-01-03T15:01:28-06:00don't wait to prioritize your life over your career i'm constantly torn between two concepts: Make time for personal projects Simplify and focus your energy You’ve probably heard the story from the most excellent James Clear — Warren Buffett tells his pilot, asking for career advice, to make a list of 25 career goals, then
without personal space, balance is impossible
Sarah Schumacher2020-07-08T00:04:58-05:00without personal space, balance is impossible I started freelancing — alongside my day job — around 2007, the same year I got married. I built a clientele in the evenings until the layoffs in 2011. By then I had a better idea of who my clients were, so I re-branded my business and hit the