Hi Readerâ In the last email I wanted to show you clearly how Just STARTINGâregardless of howâ is really the way to begin building confidence. The first time I got paid for writing, it was not life changing money. But it WAS the match that lit the fire. Within a month, I landed my second clientâghostwriting LinkedIn postsâand she was paying me $75 per post. Suddenly, I could see it. The way projects, income, monthly payments could begin to buildâone on top of the other. Within three months, I...
14 days ago â˘Â 2 min read
Hiya Readerâ The question I get the most from teachers isnât what youâd think. They're not always looking for the step-by-step breakdown of how I got from THERE to HERE. They donât ask about whether my colleagues or principal knew what I was doing. The thing people most want to know is: How do I know if I can be successful at this copywriting thing? GATHER ROUND, Reader. For me, it actually wasnât a big dramatic experience that allowed me to understand it was all âworking.â I sat down on a...
17 days ago â˘Â 2 min read
Hey Reader, Iâll admit it. When I first started thinking about not being a teacher anymore⌠It felt scary. The whole thing made me scared. I honestly didnât know what would happen if I committed time, energy and money to shifting my professional life in a different direction. Would I fail? What would it even mean to âfail?â Can we talk about why the idea of âfailingâ feels so heavy? Because I honestly donât think youâre scared of hard work. I wasnât. And I donât think youâre scared of...
24 days ago â˘Â 2 min read
Hey there Reader, On Wednesday I talked about the feeling of outgrowing your current container. Of realizing all of the many skills you have been honing for years as an educator (some of you decades!) COULD be used somewhere other than your classroom. So today, I wanted to share more about those skills and what it could look like if you âre-pottedâ them. (I may have outgrown this metaphor đ) Because itâs true that I used to think the only thing I could do with my teaching experience wasâŚ...
27 days ago â˘Â 2 min read
Hi {FIRSTNAME], I didnât choose teaching because it was the only thing I was capable of. Looking back almost 20 years, I think my reasons were partly legit, and partly⌠âI donât know what else to do?â I really didn't know what I wanted to do at the age of 26 (and I already felt "behind"... đ We live in a culture of "hurry up and figure out your whole life!" But that's another story). I knew I loved kids and that I was good with them. I knew I didnât like working in the summer (but naively...
about 1 month ago â˘Â 2 min read
đTurn the Pageđ { I just want to acknowledge that this SHOULD have gone out yesterday, but we are being held hostage by a foot of snow which is under an inch of ice. Life is a little wacky this week. Thank you for understanding!} Hi Reader, I sat next to him as his eyes drooped, drool formed at the corners of his mouth, and his body slumped in the chair. Our instructor looked at me, with a face that said, SERIOUSLY?? I shrugged and poked him. He sat up, alarmed, eyes wide. I took a creative...
about 1 month ago â˘Â 3 min read
đTurn the Pageđ Hey-o and Happy Friday, Reader! My husband and I used to play a game when we first met. Would you rather... [literally any awful thing]... OR Have an entire year of Februaries? (You really learn a lot about a person this way). I always, without fail, chose whatever option didnât involve February. For some reasonâas a teacherâFebruary was always the month that broke me. One year it was a terrible parent saga with ZERO admin support. đ (Yes, I was under that bus) My final year...
about 1 month ago â˘Â 2 min read
đTurn the Pageđ Hey hey, Reader, I know it's Monday. I don't know if you've noticed, but I am showing up a little more often in your inbox these days. It's because the thing I'm talking about is super important to me (and I hope to you if you made it onto this happy little list!). Here's what I want to chat about todayâ Most teachers donât struggle because they donât know enough. They struggle because theyâre trying to figure out a transition alone, in the margins of an already exhausting...
about 2 months ago â˘Â 1 min read
đTurn the Pageđ Hi Reader, I looked at the clock. 12:11. 4 long minutes to go. Sitting in my car, Zoom open on my computer, hot spot on, armpits sweating (sorry but đ¤ˇâď¸). What can I say? Nervous doesnât begin to describe this scene yaâll. (I promise this story is Safe for Work, LOL). I took my first sales calls sitting in my car, parked as far away from the school building as I could manage. I didnât tell anyone what I was doing.Not because it was a secretâit wasn't honestlyâbut because I...
about 2 months ago â˘Â 2 min read