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Follow My Adventures on Instagram | @LdavisCreative

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I’m writing a blog post today about all the experiences I had working last week in Sonoma County but for now, here’s a picture of me looking happy af surrounded by vineyards. 🍷
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Dress: @calvinklein
#solopreneur #mondaythoughts #mondayfeels #mondaymood #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #vineyardvines #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #calvinklein #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️ @merriamvineyards

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In 4 days I’ll be in sunny Sonoma County with @andy_storch, @juliewolpers and @thisisbennett.
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I’ll be the social media strategist for a conference called Talent Development Think Tank, mentioned in Forbes and Entrepreneur as a cannot-miss leadership conference.
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Follow everything I’m doing here or on the @tdthinktankus Instagram and Twitter.
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After that I’m TOTALLY going vineyard hopping. Any you recommend?
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#wine #vineyard #sonomacounty #solopreneur #fridayvibes #thatfridayfeeling #fridaymotivation #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️ #vineyardlife #napavalley

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Ahhhh! In a couple of weeks, I have the honor of being the Social Media strategist for what @entrepreneur is calling one of the “Top 5 Leadership Conferences You Can’t Afford to Miss!”
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It’s called the Talent Development Think Tank conference, and its being put on by @andy_storch and @bennett_author— it will be exciting to be part of this.
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I can’t begin to tell you how much of an impact going to conferences and traveling has had on creating new opportunities for my business Lauren Davis Creative.
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This job is a direct outcome of a connection (and now a friend) I met, while in London 2 years ago.
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Bonus: the conference is in Wine-Country! Sonoma County here I come!
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2020 is starting out as a fantastic adventure. ♥️
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#conference #conferencing #traveltips #traveling #femalepreneur #growthmindset #planfortheweek #tuesdaythoughts #travelpreneur #entrepreneurgoals #thriveconf #travelblogger #socialmediahelp #enneagram2w1 #infj #enneagram2 #sanfrancisco #sonoma #santarosacalifornia #winecountry

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I love these “headshots” I keep using for a variety of professional things... but lemme tell you. Hahaha... they are not necessarily professional headshots.
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They are actually just cell phone photos from when I was done with a blow-out (blow-dry & style) at my good friend Kate’s @amelie_fille’s Salon (@lucettesalon) once. We had some services done as a treat for my best friend Laura’s birthday. @lo_squared
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I was literally wearing a zip up gym jacket, and Kate made me wear lipstick— which I never wear. 😂
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I felt extremely awkward but Kate and Laura made me laugh, and directed me on where to look to get the best angle of my fresh hair and what came of it were these photos where I feel I look most like myself (maybe a little more glamorous with the lipstick) that I threw a filter on.
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But perception is reality— I’ve sent versions of this and used it as my professional photo for a little under a year now, and no one knew any different until I told you this story.
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I’ve looked at this photo up close and wondered if my face and chin look too wide or if I look old or have little inner-eye-nose-wrinkles... you know, the things we pick on ourselves for.
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But the thing I keep coming back to is that I really felt beautiful as ME in that moment in time.
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Mushy gushy post today— I don’t know what got into me. Lol.
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I just want you to take some interest in finding moments like that for yourself so you can show up AS YOU. I have never felt more me than I do right now. Bad, good, all of it.
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#solopreneur #wednesdaywisdom #wednesdays #wednesdayfeels #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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It’s this kind of day for me. Very productive but..... MUST. REFOCUS. CONSTANTLY. Anyone else?
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Sorry to anyone who has encountered my brain today. 😂♥️
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#solopreneur #tuesdayvibes #tuesdaymood #tuesdaythoughts #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of being the featured guest on Artist, Mike Brennan’s podcast “Creative Chats.”
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I first met Mike in Nashville at @jeffgoins Tribe Conference where I noticed on Instagram that he was sketching each speaker on stage.
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As someone who has always needed to doodle to comprehend things during note taking I took an interest in making sure I told him how cool his drawings were!
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We talked a little bit about how our friendship has developed since then... We talked a lot about creativity as a child, how childhood affects your creativity today, life, business, and more.
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At one point in the interview I actually forgot I was being interviewed because it was just truly talking to a friend! Mike is an excellent host.
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Please head over, listen, (link in bio) and let me know what you think! And please follow @mikebone for some cool af episodes and artwork!
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#solopreneur #mondayfocus #mondaythoughts #sundayscaries #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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New Years Tip #1 from me. Stop counting your followers... “But how will I measure?” you ask?
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My first goal when speaking or doing a workshop or teaching clients is to honestly stop them from thinking the number of followers matters to the extent that society want you to think.
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On social media:
Connections = Conversions
Relationships = Conversions
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Once I can get someone to stop thinking about followers that’s when they can actually show up for the people they are serving. .
I tell them “Remember when you first started your account and there were 20 people who followed you right away and you were so excited about those 20 people?
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Or you know how there is that group of 10 people who ALWAYS without fail, watch your story?”
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Watch those people. Pay attention to those people. Really figure out who those people are. Show up for them.
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Once you get to know who they are and why they are showing up to connect with you day in and day out, you’ve begun to understand the power that social media has in connecting you to the people who will buy from you.
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Please stop buying followers and f*cking up your individual algorithms. Love, your crazy ranty friend Lauren.
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#solopreneur #mondayfocus #mondaythoughts #sundayscaries #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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Oh Gosh If there is anything I can say about this year, it’s that I learned more about myself than I ever have.
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It was a year of hating myself into a breaking point... and then discovering and loving myself more than I ever have. (Disclaimer — I still have 32 years of undoing what I’ve been saying to myself to get to where I want to be... but I’m working on it)
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It was a year of embracing and taking more control over my body, my mental health, and my business and the results show when I look back at the work.
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It was also a year of understanding my relationships better and practicing more mindfulness.
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I don’t share everything on here. In fact I reserve some things for me myself and I, but I have some big thoughts coming your way via email soon about this year and what’s next.
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If you want to know... DM me and I’ll make sure to get an email to you. :)

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Text from my dad @themartyvanags to his daughters. I thought it would be a good lesson to share as we walk forward into 2020. Live a scientific moment at a time.
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I feel this urgently.
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#solopreneur #mondayfocus #mondaythoughts #sundayscaries #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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I hope you celebrated well this month!
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📸: @skylercdavis
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#christmaspup #dogstagram #shichi #chihuahua #shihtzu #jackrussellsofinstagram #christmasphotoshoot #christmasvibes #bestfriendforever #omite #latvianchristmas #happyholidays #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w1 #enneagram2w3 #infjpersonality

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2 speaking jobs booked for 2020. ☑️☑️ I can’t lie, I am super excited!
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#solopreneur #sundayfocus #sundayscaries #speaker #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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Ho ho ho!
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#solopreneur #mondayfocus #mondaythoughts #sundayscaries #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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This year has been focused a lot more on working on my skills as a teacher and coach of marketing as well as a marketer/designer, which is one of the reasons I have been traveling so much!
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I believe that the unique experiences I’ve had in life through retail and non-profit management helped me develop a certain teaching style.
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It’s a teaching style with the perspective of someone who truly lived through those challenges as a young inexperienced business owner and who understands deeply what it feels like to be starting from scratch.
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I thank those who have given me the encouragement and platform for me to work from the stage or the front of the room this year. Watch out, 2020.
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#solopreneur #mondayfocus #mondaythoughts #sundayscaries #tuesdaythoughts #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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The last two days have been amazing. I was flown out to DC to speak at the #copyproof workshop and help our truly inspiring workshop guests with personal branding and social media.
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More thoughts on this later but for now take a look at all the action our guests took on Instagram (in my story).
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I love making social marketing scaries go away. ♥️♥️♥️
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HUGE thank you to Mike Kim for asking me to come out and speak to this highly intelligent and inspiring group of entrepreneurs!
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#solopreneur #mondayfocus #mondaythoughts #sundayscaries #tuesdaythoughts #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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“No really!! Go into the bathroom!!!” @carriegottschalk says! “You can pee in an egg!” 🤫
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I proceed to go to the bathroom and unapologetically spend 15 min waiting for people to go away so I can take pics after I indeed peed in this egg pod behind me.
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The last two years I’ve gotten to travel around a lot... always for biz, sometimes to teach, sometimes to work, sometimes to learn.
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There are these little fun moments I get to experience because I’ve been able to travel and I wouldn’t take back the giggles and the mirror selfies in between the learning moments for anything.
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Thanks for taking me here Carrie! ♥️ .
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#entrepreneur #lifetalk #femalepreneur #graphicdesigner #digitalmarketer #recordstoreowner #boutiqueowner #buywbl #buylocal #toomanyhats #perfectionist #enneagram2 #infj #ambition #personalgrowth #personalbrand #branding #socialmediatips #socialmediacoach #instagramtips

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Do this— but mean it. ♥️
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#solopreneur #mondayfocus #mondaythoughts #sundayscaries #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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Did you post a 10 years earlier/later pic? .
Pondering some emo stuff regarding this 10 year challenge. And of course memories make me think of one of my favorite messed up movies, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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My ponderings are in my story right now if you want to check it out.
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#10yearchallenge #10yearslater #10yearsago #10yearsagochallenge
#solopreneur #mondayfocus #mondaythoughts #sundayscaries #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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No caption necessary 😂
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Art by @emilyonlife .
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#solopreneur #mondayfocus #mondaythoughts #sundayscaries #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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5 things to think about when planning a commercial shoot for your small retail business.
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🔸 It’s super easy to assume the audience already knows who you are but that’s not usually the case. Make sure your script takes that into consideration. Pretend a close friend just introduced you to someone at a party and that person asks you to elaborate on what you do. Talk to your audience like a friend of a friend.
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🔸 Write a script, and brainstorm a visual representation for each line or two in the script. Don’t leave it up to the video editor to guess what you want if you want it a certain way. They make magic in editing but they are not mind readers.
→ For instance, “At @cultureshock_ we LOVE carrying local products or gifts with a purpose or story) → (Pan of local merchandise/local coffee/local T-shirts)
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🔶 Include your address at the bottom of the screen the entire time in writing so as potential guests are watching the commercial they are also able to recall where you are located. For instance:
→ Culture Shock - located at 2239 Charles Street, (2 blocks west of Stockholm Inn Pancake House)
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🔶 KISS - Keep It Stupid Simple.
(borrowed this acronym from @isocialfanz) Don’t overwhelm your commercial with detail. When planning it, think about what sets you apart from other businesses like yours to make it simple for people to remember you.
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🔶 Lastly, get the MP4 file (video file) for your commercial and upload it to Facebook, put a little money behind it and target your audience. Use the combination of your potential guests seeing it on tv and online to maximize your impact.
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At Culture Shock (where this commercial was shot) we care deeply for our customers and always want to reach new people and make a greater impact with the purposeful products we carry.
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Was this helpful? Let me know!
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#solopreneur #mondayfocus #enneagram2w1 #mondaythoughts #sundayscaries #retaillife #holidayretail #infjbrain #infjpersonality #commercialshoot #boutiqueowner

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I’ll tell you a big secret fear of mine: I fear if I get to the bottom of my to-do list, that means it’s game-over for my biz.
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So when I’m living in fear of that, I pack my schedule and overwork myself to make sure it doesn’t happen.
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I don’t make time for myself or for others the way I want to because I worry I won’t be able to pick up where I left off. That’s a true fear of mine and something I’m working on.
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As it gets closer to the end of the year and I’m thinking about my goals for 2020, I’m trying to put this into perspective.
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Goals include me spending more time coaching people in digital marketing, less time sitting at my desk, more time with family and friends.
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What do you fear? Nothing is unreasonable. Let me know. It makes everyone feel more human.
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#solopreneur #sundayfocus #sundaythoughts #sundayscaries #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #earlybirdlove #nightowl #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w1 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

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