It’s an understatement to say that the last year has been challenging. What makes it stand out from all the rest is that it hasn’t just been challenging for me, or those close to me. It’s been challenging for everyone, everywhere. But I can’t look back and remember a year that wasn’t challenging in some…
On June 21, I had the pleasure of speaking in front of a packed room at the Estrel in Berlin, for the 7th annual WordCamp Europe. Below is the full transcript of my talk entitled, Doing It Wrong. Or you can watch the full talk on WordPress.tv. I was interviewed by a local media outlet…
Where does the time go? It’s been one year since I accepted a permanent position at Human Made as a Senior Project Manager, after 15 years of freelancing and a year-long sabbatical. These are some of the things I’ve learned. Enterprise-level clients are not that much different from small business clients I kept hearing this…
On several occasions in the months leading up to WordCamp Europe, which was held a few short weeks ago in Paris, people approached me to say that they’d heard things weren’t going well. “Oh?” “Yeah, I’ve heard that organizers aren’t happy,” was the short version of what I was told from these people outside of…
I have had a love-hate relationship with journaling since I was little. Basically, I have always wanted to journal. It’s something I’ve always felt I should do. Yet, whenever I’ve set out to do it, one of several things usually happens: I don’t know what to say. I don’t know who I’m saying it to….
Three years ago I set out on a path to create change. My loose deadline: August 2017. My overarching goals: take a step back to get perspective on my career (and life) to date and find my new place in the world. What emerged in the first year: that I wasn’t looking for a job,…
My sabbatical year is over. A new year is here, full of promise. The final leg of my 3-year plan. The first leg of a new plan forming – the one that will concretize long-awaited change, introducing new challenges and experiences. False starts I sometimes wish that January 1 was a magical day that set…
When Siobhan McKeown put out a call for testimonies for a new book she’s writing on remote work, I immediately raised my hand. Not that I doubted she would get an overwhelming response, but because I think Siobhan is pretty fantastic and because I thought I could contribute something unique to her research. In the…
Okay, maybe a little more than six months, because I’ve been staring at a blank page for the last few weeks, trying to decant everything that has happened since January 1, since declaring my sabbatical year. The short version is that I’m exactly where I want to be. I finished my final client project (albeit…
“Jenny, I’m really disappointed in you.” “Uh oh, what did I do now?” “I signed up for your newsletter, and I still haven’t received anything!” Fair enough! I’m calling it Making Connections, an at least monthly newsletter experiment, and the first one will go out on May 1st (no backing out now). If you haven’t…
