Best Business Practices for Photographers by John Harrington – DNF I rarely do not finish (DNF) a book. But I just could not keep reading this book. There are a few reasons. First, it was a bit dry, even by business book standard. I usually enjoy reading about business, but Read more
For 2020, I had two planners, a vertical life planner, and the Daily Petites. I used the life planner for my everyday life and the Petites to content plan for my photography business. About halfway through the year, I became an and realized how much work it takes to make Read more
So we’ve talked about SMART goals in episode 3, and we reset our goals in episode 17. But are you really challenging yourself with your goals? Do all goals need to be challenging? If you google challenging, the dictionary will tell you that it is testing one’s ability. But how Read more
2020 did not turn out how any of us had planned for it. Many of us updated and changed our fitness goals over the year, but now that we are entering a new year, it’s time to reset our goals. I’ve got some big goals for 2021, but I’m not Read more
We still may not be traveling much, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get creative and enjoy your city (or state)! Here are five ways you can explore local: Get outside and explore a local park. There are probably parks you haven’t explored or completely explored. Take time to head Read more
Hey! How’s it going? 2021 has been quite the year already! I feel like it’s only about two weeks in, and I’ve accomplished quite a bit! I wish I had gotten more done, but time and energy will always be in limited supply. Since I’ll have a blog post up Read more
It’s peanut butter jelly time! I’m always looking for new bars to add to my afternoon snack rotation. Of course, they need to be gluten-free. And there is a lot of BAD gluten-free bars on the market. So I jumped at the chance to try a new to me bar, Read more
Well, December got away from me, and I didn’t get any podcasts recorded! I’m sure you can relate. But now it’s a new year, and season 2 of the podcast. I took some time last month to plan ahead, so hopefully, it won’t happen again! I’ve got a plan to Read more
I’m testing new names for my Book Corner series. Book Corner is dull and has no connection to coffee. Cafe Noir is black coffee, and noir is a novel genre, so it seemed to fit. I’ll let it brew and see if I like it or come up with something Read more
We have reached the end of 2020. I’m almost ready to put this year behind me. What about you? Before we do that, I want to share the most popular posts from J Volden Photography in 2020. Did you read them all or did you miss a couple of these? Read more