Rogue Habits

4 Ways to Create the Ultimate Home Office From Designer Jay Jeffers

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There's no better time to purge, clean, and spruce up than spring. With many of us shifting into working from home, it's important to have a dedicated space to focus—to be able to turn on and off, not just for productivity but balance in the day-to-day. Acclaimed interior designer and author of Be Bold: Bespoke Modern Interiors, Jay Jeffers shares his ti[...]

COVID-19 Freelance Creative Survival Guide

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In the wake of COVID-19, it's difficult to not be overcome by fears of not being able to pay bills, not having a job to come back to, not being able to educate children staying at home, not being able to secure food, etc. We currently exist in a cancel culture with gigs being postponed left and right. Social distancing adds another level of stress; though[...]

How to Cope With the Effects of Coronavirus on the Gig Economy

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Uncertainty, instability and discomfort are certainly facts of life and there’s no person who understands this more than the creative entrepreneur. Those of us who earn a living—as independent contractors, as practitioners, as freelance artists, are self-funding creative projects, have several side hustles, or are in the service industry—not always knowing w[...]

Discovering Self-Worth Through Sound: Tuning in to Passions Allowed This Artist to Thrive

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Growing up as an immigrant I witnessed the many struggles my parents endured including leaving Brazil for a country that wasn’t home, far away from everything that felt familiar, and not being able to speak the language. They shifted their lives entirely to create a sustainable lifestyle that afforded me the comforts and opportunities they never had. In many[...]

What I Learned in the First Year of Working For Myself

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It took all of a decade to begin working for myself full time. While at the start of my career, it was unbeknownst to me that I inherently wanted to be an entrepreneur, gradually it became clear with the way I would flesh out, develop, and expand a role to wear a multitude of hats. Even in college, I quickly advanced from an intern to an account executive at[...]

Girl Gang Founder Phoebe Sherman Talks Entrepreneurial Trends, Launching a Creative Business, and Finding Balance

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You've likely seen the work of Phoebe Sherman—her feminist art has graced a number of craft fairs, where images of vaginas offer a strong, yet whimsically outlet for empowerment. Her first uterus print was developed just before the first Women's March, and it resonated so strongly with her audience that she began screen printing the design on fabric, and mak[...]

Think You Can’t Quit Your Job to Travel? Here’s How Three Women Did It

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When facing yet another tirade by your boss, seasonal depression, or a grey abyss of cubicles, it's hard not to find yourself fantasizing about leaving it all behind to travel. For me the decision came when I realized the office fire drill was the most exciting thing to have happened to me all week. My co-workers were clearly thrilled to be out in the fresh [...]

Why I Quit My Life as a Full-Time Traveler for an Office Job

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When I graduated from college in 2015 with a photojournalism degree, I had only one goal in mind: to get out of the U.S. as fast as humanly possible. I wasn’t unhappy with my life in America. I had job opportunities, family, friends and a president who could complete a full, coherent sentence. I had nothing to run from, yet my feet were itching to hit inte[...]

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome and Become Your Own Advocate

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I contracted at Google for nearly a year. The first couple of weeks were some of the most intimidating I’ve ever experienced. Everywhere I looked there were skilled people good enough to be full-time employees with a white badge. (Contractors wear a red badge). Just on my way to the bathroom I’d see someone with two PhD’s, an engineer who worked on “machine [...]

How To Start Working Towards Your Ideal Life

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I sat at my computer on the first Monday three weeks after I put my notice in at my cozy 9-5 gig. Okay, I thought, here we go! Then, I just sat. Scrolled through social media, read a few blog posts, and then it was five o'clock. The great thing about not having a boss is, well, you don't have a boss. The downside? You don't have anyone holding you accountabl[...]

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