Tips for the self-employed have been done to death by every lifehack geek, GTD addict and smart living blogger, but everyone develops their own little system so I thought I’d share mine. Over the years, I’ve tried every GTD app under the sun, only to discover that the tool/software I used to get stuff done [...]
A new year, a new beginning & a new challenge
It’s been radio silence on that canadian girl for the past few weeks, but certainly not because I haven’t had anything to say. These past few weeks have been some of the most eventful ones of my life, in fact. Just over a month ago, I officially became my own boss, kicking my social media [...]
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