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  • Welcome!
  • Start here
  • Blog
    • Reclaim Your Energy
    • Reconnect with Yourself
    • Make Space to Create
    • The Creative Practice
  • Mini Series
    • Confessions of a Serial Hobbyist
    • Adventures in Writing
    • The Busy Season Survival Guide
    • Making Space
    • The Busy Creative’s Guide to Bullet Journaling
    • The Rapid Log
  • About the Writer
  • Let’s Connect
  • Newsletter
  • Resources
  • My Corporate Swan Song: Reconciling Who I Was With Who I’ve Always Been
    Reconnect With Yourself - The Creative Practice

    My Corporate Swan Song: Reconciling Who I Was With Who I’ve Always Been

    August 12, 2026

    I sat down to write an essay about making an ebook, because it’s been a fun creative adventure. (It’s also not finished — I wanted to write from inside the process.) But as I drafted the essay, it occurred to me that what was supposed to be a simple, practical…

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  • Magic That Grows When You’re Not Even Looking
    Make Space to Create - Reclaim Your Energy - The Creative Practice

    Magic That Grows When You’re Not Even Looking

    July 24, 2026

    My creative flow and corporate structure are often at odds, but both my whimsical and my analytical sides can agree on one thing: a love of signs and synchronicities. Lately, nature has been coming in with some particularly poignant ones. It always has really, but I’ve recently been taking some more time…

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  • The Rapid Log - Grappling With the Blank Page
    Make Space to Create - Reconnect With Yourself

    Grappling With the Blank Page

    July 17, 2026

    The Rapid Log · 06 I’ve been meaning to write a post, but for the first time in years, I really struggled with what I came here to say. Until now, my problem hasn’t been a lack of ideas — it’s been too many things to say, all at once. I’ve been…

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  • When You Leave the Job, But the Burnout Comes With You
    Reclaim Your Energy

    When You Leave the Job, But the Burnout Comes With You

    May 21, 2026

    I left accounting to become a writer, but at the time, I didn’t know that’s what I was doing. What I did know was that I was stepping out of an environment that — despite being full of people I loved working with — felt misaligned and fed cyclical burnout, which was…

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  • THE DISCOMFORT OF HAVING TIME
    Make Space to Create - Reclaim Your Energy

    The Discomfort of Having Time

    May 15, 2026

    Less than a year ago, I traded full days in the office of an accounting firm for full days in my creative studio. I assumed that stepping out of a structured work life into an unstructured creative one would be a breeze. The reality was more complex. I loved the…

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  • A month of subtle milestones
    Reconnect With Yourself - The Creative Practice

    A Month of Subtle Milestones

    May 4, 2026

    Celebrate the little things. Celebrate your progress! These get an emphatic heck yes from me — unless of course they’re my own. It’s a little trick my mind plays: I believe you should absolutely celebrate your subtle milestones. Mine are just the result of time passing, and I don’t feel like I did anything worth celebrating.…

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  • Happy May 1 2026
    Reclaim Your Energy

    Happy May 1st 2026, Accountants! 

    May 1, 2026

    We made it to May, fellow bean counters! Yet another tax season has come to a close. I hope yours treated you well… Or at very least, with busy season meals that showed up on time and coffee that stayed hot and strong. If you’re new here, hello and welcome!…

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  • Is Bullet Journaling Just Not For Me
    The Creative Practice

    Is Bullet Journaling Just Not For Me? Why It’s Not Working (And How to Reconnect)

    April 22, 2026

    If your bullet journal feels like it’s simply not working for you, you’re in the right place. Maybe you’ve started one and fallen off. Maybe you’re feeling frustrated with the process, or you’re questioning whether it’s even worth the time. The practice can start to feel tedious — yet another…

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  • How 100 Blog Posts Shaped My Creative Practice
    The Creative Practice

    How 100 Blog Posts Shaped My Creative Practice

    April 15, 2026

    Welcome! I hope you’ve brought your beverage of choice because we’re celebrating 100 published blog posts on Debit This, Create That! I actually struggled to write this post, and I think the reasons why sort of capture the blogging journey so far in a nutshell: Asking it to hold deeper…

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  • International Women's Day 2026 - Give to Gain
    Reclaim Your Energy - Reconnect With Yourself

    Happy International Women’s Day 2026! This Year, We Give To Gain

    March 8, 2026

    Happy International Women’s Day 2026! This is my first IWD in over a decade outside of public accounting. I spent those years working alongside my female colleagues who inspired my tenacity and supported my ambition all along the way. For my accounting friends: while I may not be crushing through…

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