All posts tagged: income

The Productivity of Deadline Work (Ok, and Procrastinating…)

December 2, 2014
by birch & raven
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Because I Said Sew

I’ve been sewing my heart out all afternoon, in preparation for a holiday fair this Saturday. I don’t have nearly the inventory I’d like, but it will be fine, I’m sure. Things have just been too busy around here lately to prepare. Plus, I work better on deadline–especially close to it, although I’ll admit the stress sometimes gets overwhelming and is not ideal. As far as sewing goes, though, and building my Etsy business and […]

Two Steps Forward and Three Steps Back on the Road to Financial Freedom

December 2, 2013
by birch & raven
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Bad Habits / Financial Fixin's

I try hard to be a good money manager, to be thrifty and responsible. It doesn’t always work. This feels especially true since I have much less money to manage nowadays–I often feel like my money is managing me. When things feel overwhelming and like I’m digging my debt hole deeper instead of filling it in, I have a tendency to want to hide from it all, which of course makes it worse. I killed […]