Posts in category Divers

Sonali Karnick, host of CBC’s “All in a Weekend,” spoke to Julie about the pros and cons of traditional publishing, versus self-publishing. Traditional publishing has …

We spoke to author/anthropologist Andi Simon about how solopreneurs need to stop thinking like “employees” and start thinking like “the boss” to succeed,  about how …

Suddenly Home SEVEN: Let the dishes pile up My apologies for the hiatus. In my last post (Keeping the Kids at a Distance) I mentioned …

Suddenly Home SIX: Keeping the kids at a distance Working at home with kids is challenging even when school and daycare are running. So I’d …

Suddenly Home FIVE: Why Breaks are No Luxury In my last two posts I explained how to fend off outside distractions by making your home …

Suddenly Home FOUR: How Supplies will Save you As I said in Suddenly Home ONE, it’s best to approach the home office as if you …

Suddenly Home THREE: Work with what you’ve got   My husband and I love to reminisce about our scavenger hunts. Literally every time we move, …

TWO: (Keep) working 9-5  People think the best thing about working at home is escaping the “9 to 5.” The idea of waking up and …

SUDDENLY HOME Ten things you need to know about working at home, from someone who’s been doing it for decades. For thousands of Canadians sent …

Julie was interview for this BBC story exploring how the concept of “excitement” doesn’t translate into French. “Verbally, ‘I’m so excited’ is sort of a …