Overcoming fear & self doubt
2015 has definitely been a huge year for me personally. My little Leo was born in August 2014 and I wasn’t quite ready for everything that came with being a Mama. New Years eve 2014 was an emotional one. I was home alone with my little man who refused to be anywhere else but my chest. All my friends were…
The pressure we put on ourselves as Moms
He turned 1 years old on Sunday. My little squish face turned 1. It’s like now that he has a number, he just seems automatically bigger. All of a sudden he looks so tall, like a real little toddler. I thought I would be super emotional on the day and have haunting memories of his birth (we had a traumatic…
My Beautiful Caesar
Our big boy has finally arrived. It was a long and tedious wait but I’m very glad we waited and he got to choose his own birthday. My gynae had my due date down for the 1st of August but baby only decided it was time on the 16th. To be honest I blame my very good friends over at…
Almost there… pregnancy update
My official due date was the 1st of August which has come and gone and baby seems to still be very happy inside my (rather large) tummy! Throughout my pregnancy I’ve been keeping a diary as well as lots of notes and links to all the different, wonderful and interesting articles and people that I have learnt from along the way,…
For B-Schoolers: Dream Big
8 weeks to freedom. This was it. 2013 was the year that people would look at my business in awe and I would finally “arrive”. Little did I know what a rollercoaster ride I was in for… The moment I hit the purchase button on B-School (not an affiliate link) last year, was the moment my career changed forever. I literally…
8 things I’ve learnt about business from being a freelance web designer
There are some lessons in life that you can only learn from personal failure and experience. Over my 9 years as a freelance web designer I made a lot of mistakes along the way but I also learnt a thing or two which have been invaluable lessons that I will always take with me into any business venture going forward. Here…
8 Tips on choosing a memorable domain name for your small business
The first thing you do is find a name for your business and the second thing you do is check to see whether that domain name is available, so here are 8 tips to help guide you towards making the right decision for your business. 1. Unique Domain Name Try to get something that is unique and memorable. Don’t go…
What if there was only Twenty Eleven?
Last week I attended Wordcamp Cape Town – the annual gathering of the WordPress geeks. That’s website stuff for anyone who isn’t familiar with WordPress. There were some amazing talks, I was blown away by how inspired how I felt at the end of the day. But there was one question in particular that I couldn’t get out of my…
My retirement plan is death
Every now and then I receive a newsletter that catches my eye, and the latest MyFonts newsletter was one of them. It’s an interview with Matthew Carter. He’s the dude that designed Verdana, Georgia and Tahoma – the fonts you more than likely see and use every single day, without really noticing them. He’s basically a legend in the world…
17 Questions to get you unstuck
We’re all searching for something. The perfect partner, a rewarding job, the meaning of life. It never ends. But sometimes we lose sight of why we do what we do everyday. And if we don’t continually question our path, we get stuck. Groundhog day. Years pass, nothing changes. We must always ask ourselves questions so that we remain unstuck. What…
