My name is Marlynn, and I take a lot of vacations.
BWAHAHA. If you know me – or are a fellow parent entrepreneur – you know that sentence does not just roll off the tongue.
For the past six years as a serial entrepreneur, I have traveled only about 4-6 times a year, and most of those [...]
When I started this blog in 2004, the blogosphere was a much different place. Like many folks, I took a break here and there to get my bearings, re-evaluate my reasons for blogging, secretly wish karma attacks on the ridiculously mean anonymous commenters… but I always came back to it. Something about this place has [...]
It’s January 6th. Six days in, and I’m already playing catch-up. With work, with household responsibilities, with mothering responsibilities, blogging responsibilities. Really, how could this happen? It’s January 6th for Pete’s sake! (And, by the way, who the heck is Pete?!)
I’m organized. I have lists. I schedule things by the minute on these many lists. [...]
Remember a few months back when I was just itching for a trip of my own? Just me and the ability to hear my own thoughts? My wish for a trip by myself has come true in a way I had never imagined. I love it when life is full of unexpected excitement! Tomorrow I’ll [...]
I am the first to admit: I’ve got a lot of issues. One being: I cannot work or really even start to think clearly if I am surrounded by a mess. It’s as if I need to wipe the physical slate clean before my mental slate can start fresh and hit the ground running.
But here’s [...]