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A lot can change in 12 months. We went from losing everything we owned to living out our dreams more fully.

It's taken me two months to even start entertaining the idea of saying no to "red flag" clients. It's harder than I expected. In this post, I walk you through what's it's been like saying yes to almost every client and why I am starting to say no.

Creative South is the one of the best conferences out there. It's basically a big family reunion. So much inspiration, love and encouragement. Here are three of my highlights from this year's events.

The theme of these tips is to set you up with a successful, sustainable schedule: be realistic, give yourself guilt free play time, and create more than you consume. 

I launched my vlog last week! Snapchat has been a great way for me to get used to talking in front of a camera, so now I've graduated to vlogging. The theme is still the same. I'm chronicling the journey of leaving a secure job to go freelance. 

It takes dedication to put a lot of time and energy into relationships that don’t have an immediate payoff. The long game is always worth it. The long game means relationships over transactions. And relationships are what are most valuable in life. 

Leaving a secure job to go freelance is a scary, exciting dream. After years of dreaming, planning and working hard, I made the leap. I am capturing what's it's like to jump ship and see if I can swim. Follow along...

Imposter Syndrome: can be defined as a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist even in face of information that indicates that the opposite is true. It is experienced internally as chronic self-doubt, and feelings of intellectual fraudulence.

We all deal with this to varying degrees. Fortunately, there are ways to defeat it. Click through to see three things you can do to deal with feeling like you're not good enough...

How many personal projects have you started, but never seemed to be able to finish? Welcome to the club. It's not easy to stay disciplined to finish personal projects. Read on for some advice regarding finishing what you've started and an invitation to share what you're working on.

Inspired by DRock's Instagram post that simply states "DO EVERYTHING YOU POSSIBLY CAN IN ONE LIFETIME," I walked through my backyard and wrote this post. Something about this really struck a chord with me. It got me pretty fired up. 

This is the final post from BLEND. It's a collection of peer perspectives on the event and the industry as a whole. There are also links to other BLEND posts including a really cute animation about BLEND and Canada. You don't want to miss this post.

This installment goes into more detail of what the speakers had to say. Here's a list of the speakers that I got notes on:

• Tendril
• Kevin Dart
• Jay and Leah from Giant Ant
• Kirsten Lepore
• Kelli Anderson
• Albert Omoss
• Justin Cone

We wear "busy" as a badge of honor, but being busy is often a result of being unorganized and not following a precise and deliberate action plan.

The holidays are just around the corner. Are you planning on hustling or taking a break? Here are some helpful things to think about before you make your decision. And you should make a decision instead of just winging it. 

Cool got you into the game, but Story (+ Cool) is what you get hired for.

Do you want to have a better perspective on happiness? Cool. Read on. It just may change a lot of things for you in a good way.

The Motion Design industry is awesome. Here are a few takeaways I got from the first BlendFest!

Creative conferences are fantastic ways to get inspired and make connections. I focused on the wrong things in 2013, but this year's Adobe MAX was much better!

Feedback, aka critique, aka someone saying you could have done better, can be a powerful tool to becoming a more awesome you faster.