When it comes to my personal problems, I need to learn to stop turning to others for help. Immediate reactions and feelings are for diaries,

“Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.” - Dean Acheson Look at me! It's a Sunday and here I am writing a blog! - and I've already done my chores! - and I've eaten breakfast! - and I've done some solid marketing work! - and I've planned out my month of content! What could possibly go wrong?! A lot. A lot could probably go wrong. This is what happens. I have a day like this where I feel really great and I'm checking my boxes and feeling very motivated and sec

Oh… this week I feel guilty. This is the first time in a while that I’ve done so little to produce online content. There were no vlogs, no music video, and no makeup, but at least a music history episode. “Why?” I don’t want to list excuses. Plain and simply, it wasn’t a priority this week and I chose to spend my time doing other things. These items were not only career focused but also essential to my wellness and health. I’ve been having a pretty awesome run lately but my b

Isn’t it so often that we find ourselves giving advice to people knowing full well that we dish it out but don’t heed our own advice? I keep running into this scenario this week. I’m a big believer in changing your life at an instant when you are unhappy with something and not waiting until next week or next month to start. This mentality can most easily translate to health. Waiting until Monday to go to the gym or to start a healthy diet is a tried and tried-again method tha

"Throw stuff until it sticks" "Explore every option" "Focus your effort" "Obsess over your craft" "Find a way in" "You could be at the top" "Keep doing what you're doing" "Change your goal" "What do you want?!" I've gotten a lot of advice over the last couple of weeks. In setting out to become a self-sufficient artist, I felt the best place to start was to meet with other artists in a similar situation and gain some insight. It has been wonderfully informative, and if you are

This week I attended a keynote given by DJ One (Toby "Fresh" Campbell) at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. I thought I would share my notes: Toby "Fresh" aka DV ONE - The Seattle Seahawks DJ! Listen to his music and podcast here: http://djdvone.podomatic.com/ Personal History Taught many students who's careers took off Grammy award winner seriously started career at 18 years old in 1992 Designed a mixer! (Became a consultant) Beginning of hip hop was similar to history o

One of my more moody song lyrics to a pop song I wrote in 2011 simply states "...and who do you think you are?" It's a particularly grumpy song that makes a couple broad, philosophical statements about the romantic life of an artist (or rather lack thereof), but I find myself going back to it on occasions such as halfway through this week. My makeup channel: CarlySmashesLipstick, featured a pretty silly video about my past makeup looks as a teenager. My vlog channel: CarlySma

My husband usually laughs at me when I correct what he says. I’m not a grammatical queen or always inclined to speak politically correct, I just change certain phrases to reflect a better outcome. For example, something as simple as changing “if” to “when”. “When I am able to support myself with my online content” frames the statement in a much more positive way than “if”. This usually applies more so in conversation when talking about the future and the inevitable stress of