December 5, 2018
Yes, I am back, and Better Than Ever! Some of you were wondering, I know. The challenges of the past three and a half years have changed me, for the better! So welcome to my adventure! Katie Lifestyle Freedom Innovations
May 6, 2017
Greetings to all my encore career entrepreneur peeps. Welcome to those of you longing for lifestyle freedom (as I was only a couple of years ago) and wondering if it is only a dream. Having just returned from a trip to my father's “old Kentucky home” to lay him to rest, I feel thoughtful and reflective. Sadness is natural and expected when a loved one goes on before us. The sense of gratitude that shines through the grief is an unexpected gift, however. I am delighting in it! I am grateful for the lifestyle freedom I now enjoy. The past two years […]
March 16, 2017
Hi All, Here is this entrepreneur's expression of gratitude for lifestyle freedom and “coming out of the dark.” Here in the Northeastern United States, we are lying under a quiet blanket of snow, about a foot and a half of it! It has been a very long and very dark winter for this encore career entrepreneur. Some of you may know that I lost my “baby brother,” my only sibling, on Thanksgiving Day. It was a struggle to focus on anything, particularly anything creative, during the months after Mike's death. I'm sure that many of you wondered about the silence […]
March 31, 2016
So, here I am again in the wee hours of the morning, your “Encore Career Entrepreneur”~ wannabe blogger ~thinking about what it is that keeps me going and going (kind of like the EverReady bunny) until these kinds of hours so often. It is a part of the laptop lifestyle that I cherish, this being able to keep going “when the Spirit moves me” doing something that I love, knowing that it is okay to be working when most of my little corner of the world is asleep. It is wonderful to know that if I'm feeling inspired, it is […]
March 29, 2016
Seek First To Understand, Accept – Then Reinvent Listen (Listening is SO important) Accept what is! (Okay, you don't have to love it, but it really does help if you accept what is actually happening!) Don't take things personally! (Most of the time, it really is NOT personal at all and taking it personally keeps us locked into a negative feedback loop that helps no one, especially us.) It is really up to us to figure out who we are at our core and accept that, and then figure out how to get that message out there to the people who […]
March 27, 2016
So, I was listening to a Gary Vee YouTube talk. I enjoy him. He's obviously VERY smart and kind of a wise guy too, and he's funny. His language is a little over the top for me, so I'll try to distill this without all the “F” words he uses when he talks and get the meat of the ideas for you. Gary Vaynerchuk's 10 rules for success: Bet on your strengths and don't bother at all about what you are not good at. Focus on what you are good at and put all of your time, effort, energy, and […]
March 24, 2016
My Private Facebook Group – Katie's Encore Career Entrepreneurs If you are interested in an encore career as an entrepreneur, you might have no idea at all where to start. I sure didn't when I got started! Here is a bonus YouTube video addressing that very dilemma that I recorded a little while back. Take a listen HERE I've set up a private Facebook group as a place where my “peeps” can go for encouragement, tips and tricks, to ask questions and find answers, and to share with other like minded persons. My private Facebook group is by approval only. […]