The Creativepreneur

CreativepreneurTheVolume 1, Issue 4 February 2013

Copyright 2013 by Blue Sun Studio, Inc.

The Crossroads of Business, Art, Life and Soul

The Creativepreneur, February 2013

The Creativepreneur Studio

Volume 1, Issue 4

February, 2013

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Fusion

In This Issue:

Peter Wuebker: Our Journey to Passive

Income and Location Independence

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From the Editors ......................................................................................... 4

Inspired Life:

The Road Not Taken ................................................................................... 6

Inspired Business:

Marketing Lifestyle: Peter Wuebker ........................................................... 8

Creative Clarity: Do You Have a Problem? Good! ..................................... 10

Designers Corner: Using Pinterest For Your Non-Graphic Business ......... 12

Inspired Artist:

Featured Artist: Anastasia Pergakis .......................................................... 14

Writers Corner: Improvisation and the Art of Writing ............................ 16

Inspired Soul:

Soulful Quotes .......................................................................................... 18

Soulful Spotlight: Joy Resor ...................................................................... 20

Little Inspirations: Is Forgiveness Selfish? ................................................. 22

Anastasia Pergakis: The Hard,

The Bad and the Oh So Great

Joy Resor: Inspiration Wherever

We Look

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Hello everyone!We hope you had as much of a refreshing winter break as we did.

Ours was filled with so much inspira-

tion were well stocked with brand

new ideas and projects for 2013.

In this months edition of The Cre-

ativepreneur youll notice we have a

new tag line and some new sections.

Over the break, we took the oppor-

tunity to step back and do our yearly

assessment of where the business

was going. Like many entrepreneurs

with a TON of ideas, we realized

we were in need of some cohesion.

What was our underlying message?

What was it that brought together

everything we do?

And then it hit us, The crossroads

of business, art, life and soul. Ev-

erything we do, and do for our clients, is

a fusion of these four areas. Its more than

a way to sell services or products, its a

lifestyle, something that permeates every

aspect of our daily lives.

Some of you may remember The Inspired

Artist, our first digital magazine. Producing

a digital magazine takes a lot of time and

effort and we found we just couldnt fit two

of them into our schedules anymore. But...

we didnt want to let go of The Inspired

Artist either.

The solution? Add it to The Creativepre-

neur! In this and future issues youll find

our Writers Corner, Featured Artist, Poetry

Corner and more.

With that said, go grab a cup of your

favorite hot beverage and settle in for your

monthly dose of inspiration.

Blessings and abundance!

Wendi & Deb

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Wendi KellyWendi Kelly is the International business coach behind Cre-

ative Clarity Coaching, a division of Blue Sun Studio. Wendi is

devoted to coaching creative entrepreneurs who are ready to

take the leap into clarity, happiness and success in business

and life.

Deb DorchakDeborah Dorchak has been a graphic designer for more

than 28 years and an artist since she could hold a crayon. Deb

got her start in Illustration, and her passion for telling stories

through images hasnt wavered yet. She is the designing force

behind Blue Suns graphics department.

Meet the Team


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Life

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim

Because it was grassy and wanted wear,

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I marked the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost; The Road Taken

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The Road Not Taken

Thirty six years and nine months ago, I stood at a fork in a road, much like the traveler in Mr. Frosts poem. I was fifteen

years old and had a choice to make.

There I stood at the fork in the road of the

remainder of my teenage years or immanent

motherhood.

And now, today, here I am, telling this with

a grateful sigh, ages and ages hence, happy

to say, I took the road less traveled and it has

made all the difference.

Now Im not saying that choice would be

right for everyone. I know for a fact that it is

not. The road I chose is a dirt road with pot

holes and is not paved with gold. There were

many twists and turns along the way, and the

street lamps are often burnt out and you have

to feel your way around in the dark. It takes

courage, faith, commitment and I dare say a

fair amount of sleepless nights. But for me,

thirty- six years ago, my life was turned around

by a tiny bundle of love that is celebrating her

birthday today, and each year on this day I am

reminded how much this anniversary of her

birth changed the path of my life forever.

I am profoundly grateful that I chose the

road less traveled, the road named love.

I turned my back on that other road. The

road of anger, the road of blaming others for

perceived injustices, the road of numbing my

pain with drugs, and the road of fear.

I chose love instead. And it took me down

the path of becoming a mother, not only to

this one, but of three more, and to a handful

of others that call me mom, and two wonder-

ful grandchildren.

Of all the successes and victories I have had

along the way, being a mom is the one I hold

closest to my heart. Bringing four wonderful

human beings into this world that I am so

dang proud of, is the number one thing that

I will claim as my victory as I leave this world

for heaven someday.

And it all began with the road taken. The

road to love.

ButThe One Thing That Robert Frost Didnt

Tell Us

The road taken isnt a straight highway. It

intersects here and there, with other roads.

I am profoundly grateful that I chose the road less traveled, the road named love.

Road continued on page 24

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Our Journey to Passive Income and Location Independence

Several years ago, while I was still employed, I stumbled upon a company, Zazzle, which would

promote and sell on your behalf

bumper stickers that you designed.

Just for fun, I made one with a po-

litical message, and was surprised

when someone bought it. Then it

happened again. And again. I started

to pay more attention with each sale,

and began to think this might be a

modest way to supplement our fam-

ily income.

My wife and I had already concluded

that it was going to be necessary for

us to work during traditional retire-

ment years. She was toiling away in

her retail business, and I was Director

of Marketing for a small non-profit.

At the same time, we wanted more

independence in our lives so that we

could travel and enjoy life. These aspects

of reality appeared to be in competition

with each other, and, to be honest, we felt

kind of trapped in our circumstances.

We decided to start a blog, PassingThru,

in anticipation of an upcoming dream vaca-

tion to Alaska. She would write about our

travels, and it would feature my photog-

raphy. Upon our return, I put some of my

images from the trip on Zazzle products as

well: cards, stamps, coffee mugs, etc. And

they started to sell.

Then my wife coauthored an e-book,

The Narcissist: A Users Guide. This is a

subject she is passionate about, and it was

downloaded over 1000 times for free. We

thought maybe we should start charging a

small amount for it. We did and it started

to sell.

My wife sold her retail business and kept

writing, doing consulting work and adding

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Our Journey to Passive Income and Location Independence

to our blog. I kept on making products for

our Zazzle store. We were seeing significant

monthly deposits in our PayPal account. We

began to think maybe there was something

to this whole passive income idea when prod-

ucts Id created earlier sold for the first time

and my wifes book sales resulted in regular

income.

We began to strategize. What if we could

create even more diversification in income,

much in the same vein as financial advisors

talk about diversifying your investments to

avoid risk? Could this be our ticket to more

freedom? Would we be able to share what we

knew to help others in similar situations with

similar values achieve similar results?

Ive worked in traditional marketing all

my life, for my own agency and for others,

specializing in direct mail and membership

acquisition. This online marketing concept

was a bit different. The USP (unique selling

proposition) required people to make a leap

of faith away from a traditional career path,

going into business on their own and relying

upon themselves. It was risky, but at the same

time, it could be done part-time with a tradi-

tional employment safety net such as we had.

I had reached the point where it was almost

comfortable, so I took the leap myself and

quit my job. Folks were thinking a) I was crazy

or b) Id retired. We explained over and over

again what we were doing, and most people

didnt really get it. They were very locked in

to traditional career paths, even though there

was a significant recession that derailed things

for several folks we are close to. But slowly, it

started to dawn on people that we were seri-

ously making things work.

We thought we could share how people

could begin with their own online store, so I

wrote an e-book, How to Get Started on Zaz-

zle. People bought it. Then I wrote a follow-up

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Imagine this:You have been sitting in paradise now for forty days and forty nights.

The weather has been perfect, the

food divine, in just the right amounts

and your weight has miraculously

snapped into its perfect number,

leaving you fit, lean and healthy.

Money is not an issue. It is flowing

abundantly just yonder in that river

of gold.

You have no need to strive toward

goals, because the moment you

have a thought, wish or desire, it is

instantly manifested.

Soak it all in for a second. Really

take in what life would be like if it

stretched on and on like this, endless days

and nights with instant satisfaction, instant

success, instant desires met at every turn.

No finger-lifting required.

Bored out of your skull yet?

I want you to be really honest. How many

of you would have found some arbitrary

thing to worry about from the past, just

for the heck of it, picked a fight with your

loved one, or wandered off to shake off

that bothersome feeling of unrest that was

making your skin crawl?

The truth is that creative people werent

created to sit in paradise and sip an end-

less amount of fruity umbrella drinks while

time stretched out to eternity.

A week or twomaybe. Forty days and

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The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting other-wise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

~Theodore Isaac Rubin

forty nights? Get the straight-jacket because

were heading for the loony bin.

We were born to create from the well of

wonder and brilliance. And in the absence

of doing that, we will create something else.

Usually trouble. We can obsess in the negative

pit of mental hell, manifesting worry, stress,

clutter- in its many forms- thinking up all

sorts of ways to sidetrack ourselves from our

purpose here.

Life is a series of problem solving and cre-

ation. Lets face it. Everything is a problem

looking for a solution. That book you are

writing? It is filled with land mines, twists and

turns that need to be solved and worked out.

But because your ego is taking that problem

personally, its easier to go obsess over some

other problem. That glorious artwork you are

worried wont turn out just quite right? Easier

to shove in a drawer and bicker with a mate

over a perceived grievance.

Your creative enterprise, the one you want

to so badly to be successful? The one you are

procrastinating on doing the few things that

would make all the difference in the world? (

Deep down, you know what they are) Those

are the good problems to have. But instead,

you are spending your time on somebody

elses problem. Because that one is emotion-

ally easier for you to handle.

Lets go back to that paradise for a moment,

shall we?

Remember the scenario in paradise, I said

that everything we desired would be instantly

there.

Which would have meant there would have

been nothing standing in our way to keep us

from creating exactly what our hearts desired

to create.

The lack of paint, pens, supplies, time, and

distractionslike worries over money, or re-

lationships or any of the other excuses we tell

ourselves would have been an illusion.

Exactly like they are now. They are illusions

we are using to deflect us from the problems

we need to be focusing on. The creative prob-

lems we are uniquely designed to solve in the

first place.

So the next time you find yourself stirring

up trouble, worry, anxiety, feelings of loss,

frustration or blame

Ask yourself this:

What problem am I supposed to be solving

right now? What creative purpose and prob-

lem was I designed to work on and solve?

Go do that.

Leave that other stuff to some other trouble-

maker. You have God-given work to do.


I was very excited when Pinterest hit the scene. Being a visually oriented person, I loved the idea of having a

place for saving all the great images I

ran across on the internet.

Everyone else did, too. Pinter-

est grew fast in popularity. People

started using it in a variety of creative

ways. The Foodies love it for pinning

recipes, Fashionistas enjoy creat-

ing boards filled with their dream

fashions. Wendi and I like using it for

color palettes, vision boards and our

all time favorite, our Bonds of Blood

& Spirit Dream Cast, where we pin all

the actors and models we envision

in our novels when the movies are

made.

Pinterest goes beyond playtime

and dreaming. This social network seems

tailor made for photographers, designers,

painters and other visual artists.

But what if your business isnt graphically

oriented? Then you have to get creative.

One commonly used blogging strategy is

to include images in your post. People like

pictures. Images enhance the articles, help

capture attention, and illustrate your point.

Theres an easy way to take the pretty pic-

ture a step further, and improve your SEO

(Search Engine Optimization). All it takes

is a little Photoshop, or similar program,

if you know how to use itor asking your

designer to do it for you.

You may have noticed that weve

changed our blog post format. The images

accompanying the blogs arent just pretty

pictures anymore. They serve a purpose.

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Theyre like little covers for each post. Weve

enhanced the image with the blog post title,

made it larger and centered it over the text.

Then we make sure each image has the same

Title and Alt Text (the text that shows up when

you mouse over the image). This is what will

help you in the search engines.

The best part? Each little cover image is

PINNABLE! Yes! Now you, or anyone else can

pin your post cover image to their boards on

Pinterest, right along with an automatic link

right back to your site!

How cool is that? And you dont have to

be a graphics or gallery website to enjoy the

benefits!

Go ahead and try it. Get creative with your

images, have fun with them.

But Deb, I hear you say, I cant do this my-

self, I dont have Photoshop, Im not an artist,

and I have no clue how to make one. Thats

okay, thats what Blue Sun is here for. Give us

a call, lets talk solutions.

About Blue Sun Studio, Inc.

Want more design tips? Need help with

your latest design project?

Blue Sun Studio, Inc. is a Coaching and

Design Studio that specializes in assisting

creative entrepreneurs to create the busi-

ness they have been dreaming of.

Find Blue Sun Design Studio on the web

at http://bluesunstudio-inc.com.

Tips for Better Pinning

Create Boards

Pins add up fast, and theres no reason to

lump them all into one single board. Make a

category for everything you can think of.

Add a Pin Button to Your Browser

You never know when inspiration will hit

and you want to save that cute cat image or

lovely landscape for future reference. Go to

Pinterest Goodies and get a Pin It button

for your browser, or an app for your mobile

device.

Pin From The Source

Every image links back to the source where it

was first found. When possible, link from the

post or site you found the image on, not from

the thumbnails in a Google image search.

Check Out Other Boards

Go exploring, dont wait for inspiration to

land in your Pinterest updates. Wander

around in the various categories, you never

know what youll find.

Comment!

Pinterest is social, so...Socialize! Like and

comment on other images you see.


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Anastasia V. Pergakis

2012 was a hard year for me, both personally and in business. I real-ized that while it was hard, it wasnt

bad. In fact, I had a great year. The

difficult thing for me, and Im sure

other people too, is to remember that

hard doesnt automatically mean

bad. So, with that in mind, here is

a list of things I learned (sometimes

the hard way).

1: Just because it works for Them,

doesnt mean itll work for you.

I had to learn this lesson the hard

way and the sequel to my book suf-

fered as a result. As an author - or

a business owner you have to find what

works best for YOU, for YOUR business.

Yes, try what the experts say, try what

your friends say, listen to other business

owners in the same field as you. The key

is figuring out when to quit putting energy

into something that obviously isnt work-

ing!

I burned myself out with marketing after I

published my first book, doing what the ex-

perts said to do, doing what the best sell-

ers said to do. In the end (after months of

heartache and struggling to make it work)

I realized the harsh truth: I had to do what

was best for me, my time, and my book.

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Through a six month long experiment, I real-

ized what social media sites were working for

me and which ones werent. I have saved SO

much time focusing on the ones that actually

work for me, rather than throwing away my

energy into sites that dont. I also discovered

what marketing tactics (advertising, blogging,

etc) worked for me and which ones didnt. Ive

found a way to market without it being a total

heartache! Is it still hard? Yes. But its become

so much easier to handle since I took the time

to figure out what is best for me and my book.

Find what works for you that not only makes

the business and marketing process easier but

doesnt keep you from doing what you love. (I

mean, you do love your business right?)

2: A change in direction or plans, does not

mean you failed.

This relates to my first point in some ways,

as you have to discover what works for your

business and your personal life too. When I

first started my business, I had a plan in mind

for what products I was going to offer and who

my market would be. Through the course of

year however, the powers that be decided my

plans wont work. Sure, I could have buckled

down and kept my business exactly the way

it was and maybe I could have had success

with it. But I learned (again after struggling for

months) that while my plans were good, I was

barely touching the surface in what I can do.

This is where having a business plan writ-

ten down can really help. I had to get to the

nitty gritty basic of my business to find out

what I actually wanted to do. In the end, it

had nothing to do with a specific product or

market I simply wanted to help people.

As a result, my business has grown in ways I

never expected. I offer services and products

now that I never thought I would at the begin-

ning, but theyve become my biggest sellers.

Ive met amazing people I never would have if I

didnt allow my business to grow as IT wanted

to, not as I wanted it to. My business doesnt

look anything like it did when I first started it

but does that mean my original plans failed?

Absolutely not.

Be open minded! Your plans are good, but

consider what else is out there, what else you

can learn, do, see, that will take your business

beyond your wildest imaginings. Step outside

of your comfort zone! You just might find its

your comfort zone after all!

3: A bad situation just might be the catalyst

you need to step toward a great situation.

As the saying goes, life happens. In both

your personal life and in business, things are

going to happen that are beyond your control.

You might even feel like the world is against

you! I know I have felt this way on numerous

occasions.

But heres a tip for you: Who says that a

bad situation cant actually be good? Okay,

so you might not see it at that moment, or

even a week later, but the good does show

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share is one part planning and one

part improvisation. This isnt saying

we totally pants every book we

write. Our improv occurs inside the

actual writing.

Wendi and I dont work like most

collaborators do. We rarely write

alone. We wont assign whole

chapters to each other and wait for

one person to finish before the next

person jumps in. Nope, we always write to-

gether, in real time. Even the conversations

between characters are done on the spot

between us. We do this by writing all our

drafts in a Google Document and sharing it

between us.

This is improvisation. Were in charac-

ter, reacting as our characters, and never

knowing what each others character is

going to say next.

What I find so refreshing about improv

is the way it challenges creativity. Often,

thinking of responses on the spot makes

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the story so much more fresh and exciting.

The structural boundaries you set out for

yourself with your plot and scenes gets your

brain thinking around these self-imposed

obstacles.

Improv Tips and Tricks:

No Second Guessing. Forget about the

perfect line or paragraph. Many writers

spend far too much time sweating over

perfection, constantly over thinking and

dreading the thought of committing

those words to paper. You know what?

So what if the words dont come out right

the first time. Thats what delete is for.

When you play with improv, the idea is

dont think. Just do. Go with that first

response, see where it leads. If it doesnt

work when you read it later, go back and

fix it.

Flip That Script. Stuck? Try removing

one element of your story and replace it

with something else. Flip it around, turn

it on its ear. Explore a new perspective.

I Am Joes Big Toe. Want to really get

into a characters head? Try writing one in

the first person. This worked out well for

us in Uncivil Wars. We knew we wanted

to do some background on Diego, so I

started writing him in first person one

day while I sat outside with a notebook

at the coffee shop. I had never fleshed

out his life before, and once I started

writing whatever came to mind in his

voice, the rest fell into place. It worked

and we used it.

No Is Not An Option. In acting, no

is not allowed. Someone asks you a

question, you have to say Yes and add

something more to it. This keeps the

improv session going. Say no, and where

do you go with it? Nowhere. The same

applies in improv writing. Dont say no

to any idea. Follow it, add to it and see

where it goes.

Raise the Stakes. Conflict stokes the

fires of any story. Throw in a new curve

and then throw in another. This is es-

pecially fun for Wendi and I since we

never know how well react to any given

conversation between characters. In

Loyalties, we interrupted a conversation

with a particular phone call that changed

the course of the story.

Have you ever tried creative writing improv?

Any of these exercises are doable if youre

writing solo, but theyre so much more fun

when you do them with someone else. Go

ahead, grab a partner, open a G-doc and have

at it. Start with a simple premise and take

turns writing paragraphs. Then come back

here and tell us how you did!

Visit Behind the Words

Want more articles like this one? Go to:

http://behindthewords-bluesun.com


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Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury,pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;

to be understood as to understand;

to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;and it is

in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

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Nobody else knows your reason for being. You do. Your bliss guides you to it. When you follow your bliss, when you follow your path to joy, your conversation is of joy, your feelings are of joy -- youre right on the path of that which you intended when you came forth into this physical body.

Esther Hicks

A desire is anything but frivolous. It is the interface between you and that which is greater than you. No desire is meaningless or incon-sequential. If it pulls you, even a little bit, it will take everyone higher. Desire is where the Divine lives, inside the inspiration of your desire. Every desire is of profound importance with huge consequences, and deserves your attention.

Mama Gena

Set a goal, and in small, consistent steps, work to reach it. Get support from your peers when you start flagging. Repeat. You will change.

Seth Godin


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Do you love reading a line in

a book that resonates? Viewing a

piece of art that makes your heart

race? Or reading a poem three times,

because the message in it just makes

you smile from here to the corner?

Inspiration.

It surrounds us, motivates us, and

encourages us.

We are the beneficiaries of all the

artists and lovers of life that went

before us who share their gifts with

the world.

What treasures we receive!

How we benefit!

We are touched by all those before us

who stepped into their potential.

In my life, a quote of Mariann William-

sons became a touchstone for introverted,

low self-confident me,for me hiding in the

corner not believing in myself.

Each time I read her quote, I took it per-

sonally, knowing there was a light in me

that needed to heal.

Our deepest fear is not that we are in-

adequate. Our deepest fear is that we are

powerful beyond measure. It is our light,

not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,

gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually,

who are you not to be? You are a child of

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God. Your playing small does not serve the

world. There is nothing enlightened about

shrinking so that other people wont feel

insecure around you. We are all meant to

shine, as children do. We were born to make

manifest the glory of God that is within us. Its

not just in some of us; its in everyone. And as

we let our own light shine, we unconsciously

give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our

presence automatically liberates others.

Lo and behold, there came a time in my life

when I was lead to heal the wounds in me

covering my light.

Hallelujah.

I was finally able to honor that voice within

that howls for expression, the shadow longing

to merge with the Light. It is an act of faith

to respond to this voice, to give it our time;

and in return we are blessed with work that

has light and life of its own.Jan Phillips, No

Ordinary Time

Honoring that voice knocking on my soul,

I birthed radiant creations, handmade trea-

sures of Batik beauty with inspirational mes-

sages on them.

Off I went to my first business conference

with Joy on Your Shoulders TM radiant creations

flowing from hangers, where the positive re-

sponse wowed me.

I learned that birthing this creation was an

act of faith thats rewarded over and over, as

these creations offer customers inspiration

and joy.

Very cool.

And more than that, this first creation I was

able to birth has lead me deeper into my work

in the world, to inspire all the peace and joy I

can in a variety of ways.

My website offers articles of healing and

inspiration, I see clients in my home and

serve them on the phone as a spiritual/joyful

mentor, I create a weekly on-line newsletter

called Go In Joy!, and I offer Circles of Joy to

celebrate and expand joy through journaling.

All these aspects of my work feel joyful and

inspired, fed through my daily spiritual prac-

tices.

Im in joy inspiring joy.

Ahh.

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There are very few things that can separate us from happiness and success as quickly and effectively

as resentment and anger. And yet,

despite our most glorious dreams,

goals and desires, we hold on to our

battle scars and wounded hearts,

pointing almost deliriously to those

who cause us pain as the excuse for

all of our discomfort.

We tell our worn and repeated sto-

ries to anyone who will sit through

them. We wear the shield of in-

jury like a badge of courage against

change and growth. We hold it up

against the light as an explanation as to

why our lives couldnt ever be different,

ever grow why we alone are the ones

who couldnt hold the golden ring within

our grasp.

Its all HER fault. HIS too.

And we are saved from taking respon-

sibility for the life we were brought here

to travel. We have a champion we can

hate enough to bear the banner. The only

banner we must carry is the one labeled

VICTIM.

And then someone casually mentions

that there is a way out.

We could forgive. We could let go. We

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could hold them in the light of love, wish

them well with Gods blessing and walk away.

But the first thought that flashes through

our angry minds is, No way in hell am I giving

them the satisfaction of forgiving them. They

dont deserve it.

Let me share a radical concept with you.

Forgiveness has nothing to do with them. It

has nothing to do with what they do or do not

deserve, or understand or even have asked

for.

It has to do with you, your heart, your heal-

ing and your well-being. It has to do with your

relationship with God, Spirit, The Universe

whatever name you meet your creator by. It

has to do with your hopes, your dreams and

your ability to step into your own personal

power and future.

It is for you and only you. It is a selfish,

self-fulfilling, self-fixing cure. Your monster

may never even be aware of your forgiveness

because they may never bother to tap into

the Well of Spiritual Connectivity where we

all reside with God. If they dont, your secret

will be safely kept.

And if they do.they wont be your monster

anymore anyhow. They will have already

been profoundly changed by that miracle of

forgiveness into someone that would be easy

for you to forgive.

Dont do it for them. Do it for your own self-

healing.

Marianne Williamson, in The Law of Divine

Compensation puts it profoundly like this:

We forgive, then, out of self-interest. I

forgive you because I want out of my pain. I

forgive you so that I can be free of what you

did. I see beyond your mistake to the love in

you so that I can see beyond the mistake to

the love in me- because only then can I have

a miracle.

Arent you worth being set free? Dont you

deserve it? Havent you had enough pain?

There is a way to set yourself free and heal

the separation.

Open your heart and forgive.

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Its easy to get lost. Its important to keep a

map close at hand, so you can keep your des-

tination in front of you. If youre not looking

at that map frequently, you may very quickly

end up on some side road that you dont want

to be on.

Its a life-long and often daily journey to

eradicate fear, blame, perceived injustice, and

numbing ourselves with substitutes for living

wide awake. You have to keep your eye on

the road. And those roads can be tricky too.

I gave up drugs and turned to food. Gave up

binge eating and discovered the internet, got

that under control and oh mywasnt there

something else waiting in the wings. It took

a commitment to living on purpose to finally

get off that road and believe meI dont take

it for granted that I wont get lost next time.

I choose the road of love. But that doesnt

mean its a choice I made thirty-six years ago

and forgot about it.

Its a choice I have to make, overand over.

and over

And over again.

Otherwise, I might find myself on that road

more often taken after all.

By the way, Happy Birthday, Tania, I love you.

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up. Sometimes its not even obvious, but trust

me its there.

As an example for you, I used to use an on-

line payment portal to handle all the money

for my business. I wont say which one as I

dont want to scare anyone who might be us-

ing the same thing. This is just my experience

and doesnt mean it will happen to you.

In short, this online payment portal com-

pletely froze my business. I couldnt accept

payments, move the money to my bank

account, spend money, nothing. So, I began

looking for other ways to run my business.

This took over a month to finally figure out,

researching the many different options. I

cried, on more than one occasion, thinking my

business had just died because of this. How-

ever, the time and stress was worth it. In the

end, I have a much better payment portal for

my clients. I have an actual business account

now, rather than using some online payment

site and I took a giant step forward by getting

my business license so I can operate under my

business name rather than my real name.

A stressful month in exchange for a better

business and better interaction with my cli-

ents? Ill take that!

4: Experience is the key to long term suc-

cess.

Since I am an artist of a sort, in both of my

businesses, there is always something to be

learned with each project I do. Even if its

one of my own personal projects. Each client

I interact with, each new project presents

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e-book, More Products, Less Time A How-To

Zazzle E-book, which shared techniques I used

to scale our store to over 40,000 products in

four years. People bought that one, too. My

wife coauthored another book, The Narcissist

at Work, and people bought it.

Here we are now: Our Zazzle store has over

50,000 products, and we have just opened

an additional retail site, Not the Post Office.

We get monthly payments from sales of our

products and books. We continue to share

our philosophy for self-help, simplicity and

independence in work and life as well as our

products in every channel we can:

PassingThru where we evangelize travel,

location independence and simplicity in work

and life via posts and email.

Facebook pages

PassingThru

How to Make Money on Zazzle

The Narcissist: A Users Guide

The Narcissist at Work

And our biggest news is we are making good

on our advocacy of location independence,

to which all these activities have contributed:

we are pulling up stakes in Minnesota and

moving to Hawaii in February. All we need

is an Internet connection to do our work, so

why not?

Living this dream didnt come about over-

night. Weve worked hard over the course of

several years to make it a reality. We have a

Journey continued from page 9: strategy with goals and objectives for contin-

ued diversity of income. This will continue on

as we approach the age of traditional retire-

ment.

The big message is this: You can do it! The

dream of location independence and passive

income through online work is achievable

with commitment and dedication. All you

need to do is make a start and keep working.

Aloha!

About Peter Wuebker

Peter Wuebker and his wife, Betsy, are en-

trepreneurs who believe the keys to hap-

piness are travel, simplicity and freedom.

Instead of living to work, lets work to live!

Visit them at PassingThru.com


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something a new challenge for me. Instead of

getting upset or stressed that a client throws

something at me that is difficult or even

something I dont know how to do, I embrace

it! Its an opportunity to grow, to be better

than I was. The skills I learn from that situa-

tion always help the next time around.

For those like me who are indie authors,

remember your first book that you released?

If you were like me, you probably made a lot

of mistakes along the way. But instead of feel-

ing guilty about your mistakes, consider how

much easier the next book will be. And even

if it isnt easier, think of the experience you

can apply to make it better!

In your business you might discover that

you need to raise your prices or even lower

them. Perhaps you found new products or

service to offer as a result of the experience

you gained. Maybe youve realized you need

help (hiring an employee) or that you should

downsize.

Experience is key to long term success!

Roll with the punches and apply what youve

learned to the next big thing your imagination

is going to cook up!

5: Time outs arent always for when you do

something bad!

This is talked about over and over again, in

different situations and in different ways. But

its no less true. On top of our business, many

of us have family, kids, other jobs, and our

own fun projects to do! Then of course there

are things like cleaning the house, doing the

laundry, and oh yea, sleeping!

There are different types of time outs de-

pending on when or what you need. Some-

times its just getting away from the computer

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to spend some time with the kids. Maybe its

getting a baby sitter and having a date night

with the spouse or even just saying home

with a new movie after the kids are in bed.

But, its all about balance. Too many time

outs affect your business but too much work

can affect it too. That saying all work and no

play makes me a dull girl is absolutely true.

Find the balance!

Dont forget to find time for your self

outside of being a spouse/parent/business

owner/cleaning service you need to have a

few quiet moments to just be you. Sometimes

all you can fit into your schedule is those quiet

moments just before bed or first thing in the

morning before everyone else wakes up.

Dont get so caught up in work that you for-

get to enjoy your work or the rest of your life.

Youre business will run much more smoothly

if you take time to smell the roses.

There are so many things I learned this year,

but these are at the top of my list. I wish you all

much success in the new year. Remember to

laugh as often as possible, cry when you need

to, and hug someone you love everyday! Em-

brace the challenges of life with open arms,

view the world with open eyes, and keep your

heart open to all the good things waiting to

happen. Its your year, so go make it happen!

About Anastasia

Indie-author and designer, Anastasia Pergakis, strives to help

people discover their own magic, in publishing or business. Her

book Cleanse Fire: The Kinir Elite Chronicles, a military fan-

tasy novel, was published in 2011 and is available at all major

online retailers in multiple formats. The sequel, Blood Trade

is slated for release in 2013 from Drachen Geist Publishing.

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