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How to use Trello to stay motivated on your side projects

By Michelle

Every three months, like clockwork, I have an existential crisis about my work. But lately, I’ve been having mini-crises too. A few weeks ago, after I got back from a trip, I had another one – except that (partially due to emotions and cramps) it was less “mini” and more “lost an entire day to […]

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How to Manage Your Own Projects as a Freelancer

By Michelle

I recently wrapped up a course for Learnable.com, all about project management for freelance developers. Here’s a preview: a lesson that’s applicable to all freelancers, covering managing your own projects–including how to avoid scope creep, communicating better via email, managing client feedback, and more. Enjoy! You can learn more about the course here, and if you want to […]

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Can the app you use make you write faster? (An experiment)

By Michelle

In case you missed it, last year, during NaNoWriMo, I wrote a dang book. A book that is now being serially published and will soon be available for purchase on Kindle. Because I am physically incapable of not being a total nerd at any given time, I wanted to try something: testing my writing speed and […]

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How to stop sucking at priorities in three steps

By Michelle

Priorities. We all need them. But people have a really hard time setting them – we have so many things tugging at our attention and energy that it can be incredibly hard to figure out what’s worthwhile and what’s not. During the latest live round of Rock Your Systems, I taught the participants an exercise […]

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Resource roundup: 2014 planning + goals

By Michelle

I don’t know about you, but I never get all my planning done in the first week of January. Usually I take the whole month to plan, and this year? I want to make sure I’m building a solid foundation that takes into account everything (not just number-based business or income goals, like I have […]

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