Sebastien Agneessens, founder of New York based studio Formavision, has the rare ability to combine keen business intuition with uninhibited creativity. Formavision, as a result, acts part-marketing firm, part-public arts project.
I had breakfast at a local diner the other day. Over my blueberry pancakes, I eavesdropped on the next table over. (It wasn’t difficult — these folks were loud.)
Whether you’re a part-time graphic designer or full-time web content writer, a freewheeling blog consultant or an outside-the-box marketing genius, you jumped into freelancing for one simple reason - and it wasn’t simply “the money.” There’s no doubt money was a motivator, but what you were really after was freedom.
After our post on the hideaway sink ran two weeks ago, we received an email from one of our readers asking us if we had seen the Vertabrae® bathroom system. We hadn’t yet seen it, and we thought you might want to see it too. The Vertabrae system is an incredibly compact and vertical bathroom unit that houses just about everything you need in your bathroom.
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Eric Hamm of Motivate Thyself.
It’s amazing how far off course we can get when we’re not watching our steps. We just wake up one day and wonder, “Where the heck am I and how did I get so far off my intended path?”
The super-bloggin’ founder of SimpleMom also goes by “Toblerone” and more specifically, Tsh Oxenreider. (See, she’s got simplicity to such an art form that she doesn’t even need vowels in her name. How efficient is THAT?!)
We love her perspective on truly wholesome living: a lot of space, plenty of fun, and intentional inspiration.
What inspires you?
Traditions, customs, good ol’ ordinary things you love to do or be…today’s question comes direct from the super-blogger otherwise known as SimpleMom, Tsh Oxenreider.
Carrie says: I always felt anti-conventional. No 9-5 job for me, marriage why, don’t box me in! With age comes wisdom, I adore being married and I crave ritual.
Well, at least according to Alma Gaul, a journalist at the Quad-City Times in Davenport, these are the lessons I learned after the year-long No Impact project:
"First, he learned that it is possible to live with a much lower impact and that individuals can make a difference. 'This has become explosive,' he said. 'There’s something about just trying that has tremendous power...'"
Written on 10/07/2008 by Michael Miles. Michael writes about personal growth, communication, and increasing personal wealth at Effortless Abundance. You can download his book, Thirty Days to Change Your Life, for free. Photo Credit: recursion_see_recursionAll things occur in cycles, ebbing and flowing as time goes by.
We are getting back to posting the answers to our interview questions. I’ve found it is interesting to hear how individuals decide it is time to move on to another job. Here are the answers from the people we interviewed. If you have a method you use, please share in the comments.
Just take a right at…. huh? (Street signs in Wales)
In the wee morning hours of September, I took my first trip to Wales to experience The Do Lectures, which is held in tents in the Cardigan wilderness.
Today, I found myself unable to resist the urge constantly to check the stock market. I’m no finance whiz, so it’s not as if the Dow Jones Industrial Average number is terribly meaningful to me, other than to know that up is good, down is bad, and very down is very bad.
