The moment you experience frustration and discontentment you are called to reinvent yourself. Quite similar to the Phoenix rising from the ashes. Every time the Phoenix becomes brighter or different with knew wisdom. Sometimes there’s a sense of longing to do something different, to find a new way to live and to be. Your voice…
Do you ever take a moment to celebrate your achievements in your life? I didn’t for the longest time. Every day was just about seeing how much I could do in terms of dealing with the life I had – at it wasn’t always pretty – and raising my children. A few years ago, I…
The only thing that is constant, is change and the quickest way to make that happen is to stop letting fear to control your life. And yet here you are afraid of it like it’s some kind of horror movie. Take a look at your life and you will see that nothing stayed the same….
Create your ideal week and ramp up your productivity! As a multi-passionate individual with a couple of businesses, planning is important so I know what to do when, where and what. And I can’t really stand doing the same thing repeatedly, it dries up my creativity in massive ways. One of the things I have…
No matter where you are right now, you can still achieve your dream! I don’t believe in the word failure but rather in the lesson to be learned from when you are not able to achieve your hopes, dreams, and goals! Failure in this sense is a much-needed part as well as an unavoidable part of…
I have something to say to you, dream chaser: If you are actively pursuing your dreams – stop giving things away for free and stop reducing your prices on your artwork. I say this with all the love in my being because I have been there. I have discounted my art and my work and…
If you are like me, you always try to find ways to be more productive in work and life. As a multi-passionate and someone that creates art, freelance web design and virtual assistants work and then runs this blog, being productive and getting things done quickly are important. Over the past few years I’ve spent…
Let’s be real for a moment: Everyone can simply exist – to get up, go to work, go home and sit in front of the TV. It’s comfortable and requires little effort. It’s so comfortable that too many people stick close to what they’ve been taught all their lives not daring to rock the boat….
Using my intuition is a huge part of my life – in fact since my youngest son came into the world, I relied on it without a doubt. Your intuition isn’t lost and needs to be found, it simply needs to be rediscovered. Think about times and moments in your life where your gut gave…
Self-discipline is a character trait that most people admire and often wish they could be as disciplined. Self-discipline isn’t something you are born with but you can master over time. And mirroring other people can be a great way to learn. But you may be unclear on what self-discipline trait someone has because all you…
This isn’t really an interview but rather me, Petra Monaco, sharing with you about what I am about, where I come from and why I do the work that I do. I would really mean the world to me if you watched and listen to what I share. When I had the idea of sorta…
Whatever your heart is calling you to do – go do it. No one else is going to do the work for you. This is the reality and waiting on winning the lottery or getting that big fat paycheck isn’t going to do it either. Your heart and your soul will guide you, but you…
