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Holy crap, my body is changing!

On my thirtieth birthday (yes, I turned thirty this year) I slowly raised myself from the warmth of my duvet and turned on the shower to begin my morning ritual. I undressed from my winter sleepwear and while the shower began to fill the room with steam I looked at myself in the mirror and…

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  • CarinaMay 17, 2012 - 3:11 PM

    No matter the change of your body, you look like a stunning 30’er 🙂
    And I must say, the 30’s feel like the best years, so it’s another new beginning for you 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Cathy EmpeyMay 17, 2012 - 9:41 PM

    I love this Leslie!!! I am celebrating right along with you in my 40th year!!ReplyCancel

  • Denise (Modern Love Photography)May 17, 2012 - 11:24 PM

    I am going to print this and read it daily!ReplyCancel

Knowing when to invest in your business

I’m an artist, a creative multi-passionate, a photographer, an entrepreneur! Every day I encounter services, products, and workshops that my peers are telling me is the ‘Greatest thing on Earth’. I’m intrigued, I latch on, I sign up. Most of my investments have paid off, some…not so much. Earlier this year I held a piece…

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  • NatalieMay 15, 2012 - 1:34 PM

    That’s so exciting! Congratulations on taking the steps to make your dreams a reality, wishing you all the best with B-School! : )ReplyCancel

  • LesleyMay 15, 2012 - 3:50 PM

    Thanks Natalie!! 🙂ReplyCancel

  • NataliaMay 15, 2012 - 4:18 PM

    Lesley, so happy you are doing this. As always I am always enjoying reading your blog so keep posting! I am very curious to know how your experience goes with the B-school so please share with all of as you learn. You are such a hero of mine. 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Denise (Modern Love Photography)May 15, 2012 - 5:59 PM

    I KNOW this is going to be a great experience for you, soooo excited!ReplyCancel

  • LesleyMay 19, 2012 - 2:24 PM

    Thanks Denise and Natalia!ReplyCancel

i am multi-passionate

I watched the red wine swish around my glass while I talked passionately with Mister about my new idea for my business. I was smiling and talking excitedly that I could hardly sit still. Hence why my wine was swishing around in my glass. He sat there, listening, but I knew that look on his…

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  • Lynn ClarkJanuary 31, 2012 - 6:40 PM

    This is sage advice. And I love the term multi-passionate. I have been, always. Right now, as I plan my exit strategy from my day job to segue full time in to my photography business, I’ve felt a little panicked to only have the photography feeding me. But then I remembered that 18 months ago, when I first formed my business, I said I’d love to have time to write again–really write, and not for money. I could let my creative passion for fiction and poetry fuel my creative passion for telling stories visually.

    And, I just remembered a sexy little plan I have for incorporating it into my boudoir business–merging a secret occupation I had a few years ago.

    My life is going to change, I’m losing a stead and lucrative paycheck, and I’m as terrified as I am excited.

    I can always find another day job. What’s the worst that can happen–or the best.ReplyCancel

  • Jenn BestFebruary 1, 2012 - 6:48 PM

    Oh, me too – all over the map with ideas. Thanks for sharing your tips beautiful.ReplyCancel

  • Jennifer HejnaFebruary 2, 2012 - 10:50 AM

    Great tips Lesley – I never leave the house without my moleskine. Sometimes I have the impression these are not my ideas but the ideas the moleskine comes up with.ReplyCancel

  • Cathy EmpeyFebruary 3, 2012 - 4:43 AM

    Beautiful post Lesley! I too believe I am as you say…multi-passionate. I need to get me some journals. I find I write a lot of post it notes, and pages of notebooks.ReplyCancel

  • SusieLeeFebruary 3, 2012 - 6:25 PM

    Lesley
    Thanks for the ideas. I am the same way. I need to be more diligent about writing stuff down. Ideas come to me and I get all excited and then days later I can’t remember what they were and I am disappointed.
    Great post.ReplyCancel

  • robynFebruary 13, 2012 - 8:03 PM

    oh, darling, we are so alike (but we already knew that… and our love’s are so alike as well!)
    just catching up on your recent posts and anticipating our conversation tomorrow — i cannot wait to ‘see’ you!
    xx.ReplyCancel

  • Vane D. LopezJuly 7, 2013 - 1:21 PM

    Great Advice! I’ve struggled with being multi-passionate but it’s nice to know there’s others like me. I like when you mention not too mention or act upon our idea. I still have trouble with this because I tend to get overexcited about my different passions and I want to share it with the world yet I get discouraged when I’m not able to follow through right away or I don’t get a positive reaction from others. Many of my passions include music, poetry, playing piano, writing, blogging, Health and weightloss, Autism Awareness,and I am in the proccess of writing some fiction novels. Well, it all started with one novel idea then I have been getting more ideas so it’s become more difficult to focus on the first one. Sometimes I think being multipassionate is a curse then other times I see it as a blessing to have so much passion. I just need some organization and some more time. Thanks for sharing.ReplyCancel