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The year I learned to be where I am

January 1, 2022January 1, 2022 christammillerFeatured
white foamy ocean water rushes toward the numbers 2021 on brown sand, about to wash them away

Since 2019, I’ve followed this year-end review format by answering a set of 50 questions. One of them, towards the end of the list, asks you to choose three words to sum up your year. Once I got done laughing, […]

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2020: A freelancer’s retrospective

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 christammillerFeatured
figure leaping over a chasm between 2020 and 2021

Ah, 2020. After the roller coaster ride that was 2019 (for me, anyway), I had such high hopes. My first blog for the year reflects the way I felt: like I was finally finding my stride and my voice. I’d […]

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30 Days of Gratitude

December 6, 2020December 6, 2020 christammillerFeatured, Musings
kneeling figure surrounded by words of gratitude

I don’t have to reiterate what an unending slog of a year 2020 has been, or why. Possibly the worst part: knowing everyone around you, the people you’d typically turn to for help, have it so much worse than you […]

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Connecting to purpose in the 2020 clusterf*ck

June 28, 2020June 30, 2020 christammillerBusiness, Featured

Life kind of feels right now like a bad job or relationship where you know something drastic needs to change, but you aren’t sure what or how. Which is, in my experience, when it tends to happen for you. While I’m tightening my already-buckled belt, here’s some of what’s going right.

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Rethinking, refining, reworking

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 christammillerFeatured, Musings

Following January’s creative shakeup, February ended up feeling like almost a letdown. Work felt stalled, but was at the same time very productive. Clients, prospects, and colleagues went silent, but in doing so presented the opportunity to rethink what I […]

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When life throws curveballs…

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 christammillerFeatured

In the past I’ve crowded the plate, overrelying on the strike zone to deliver just the right hit. But that’s a good way to miss the zone entirely — or get hit by a pitch.

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December's Freelance Blog: Year-End Review

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 christammillerFeatured, Musings
man with binoculars looks at 2019 numerals

When your year starts with a layoff, you know it’s going to be a roller coaster. Let go from a job I really thought was The One (I know, I know) I realized that its whole purpose was to set […]

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Cultivating sources and stories: November's freelance update

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019 christammillerBusiness, Musings
A child's hands hold a seedling in dirt

With October’s focus on pitching clients and editors, my attention in November shifted slightly: to build a sustainable freelance business by cultivating the stories to pitch editors with, and the sources to support them. In my past freelance life — […]

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Pitching clients and editors: October’s freelance update

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 christammillerFeatured
A girl's silhouette lifts her arms to the night sky

This month saw the publication of my first non-law enforcement, (sort of) non-tech article, a piece of first-person journalism that delved into “Hacking My ADHD.” It’s sort of a continuation of my blog posts on the subject, a more positive […]

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Content marketing in the fake news era

January 8, 2017March 17, 2019 christammillerMarketing & PR

Native advertising has changed a lot in the ten years since I wrote my first advertorial. It’s found not just in printed inserts in a trade magazine, like the piece I wrote, but also alongside feature articles on social media […]

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