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The supplier of sustainable and water efficient irrigation solutions named Ossa national accounts director.
LONGMONT, Colo. – Irrigation Water Technologies America, Inc., a supplier of state-of-the-art sustainable and water efficient sub-surface irrigation solutions, appointed John Ossa national accounts director for the Colorado-based company.
Ossa's focus is to work with leading landscape architects, irrigation designers, consultants and contractors to position KISSS technology as the premier choice for landscape irrigation. In addition, Ossa will plan, execute and manage sales opportunities for key major sports complexes throughout the U.S.
"John's experience within the landscape and irrigation field spans more than 20 years and covers many facets of the industry, from sales and business development to design, installation and efficiency expertise," said James Bruce, executive vice president and chief operating officer. "John's wealth of experience in the irrigation industry strengthens our leadership position in the industry and reinforces our commitment to innovation and providing the most efficient, water-saving solutions to our customers."
Most recently Ossa was president of Irrigation Essentials, a consulting and contracting company assisting contractors, designers and property owners to develop efficient irrigation systems and ecological practices. He also serves as irrigation columnist for Lawn & Landscape and as a speaker at industry trade events.
Prior to Irrigation Essentials, Ossa served as president and chairman of the board of directors for Gardeners' Guild Inc. (GGI), a $12 million award-winning landscape contract company. In just six years at GGI, Ossa doubled the value of the company and increased productivity and profitability. In addition to filling several other positions within the landscape irrigation industry, Ossa served on the "Water Smart Landscapes for California" Task Force responsible for initiating California Assembly Bill 2717 for efficient measures in landscape watering.
Ossa attended the Landscape Architecture Program at the University of California Extension, Berkeley, Calif. He holds a California landscape contractor license and certifications as a certified landscape professional, certified irrigation designer and certified irrigation auditor.
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Some people make the paper. Joanna with her efforts in front of the school board. Thorston and his at home fatherhood. Andrew and his sustainability. Even myself with telecommuting. But to get three articles published in the same paper on the same day is pretty much amazing. But, as I have said, you never really know you have "made it" in life until you have been written up on the Freaks & Geeks web site. So Bill, even though I am sure you will respond by saying "Do I know you?", the Washington Post is nothing. Here is the true pinnacle of your career.
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Both Port of Tallinn current management board members Ain Kaljurand and Allan Kiil managed to keep their jobs for the next period despite of rumors that junior coalition partner IRL was attempting to replace Kiil with one of its own, writes Äripäev.
The fact that such an attempt was made is shown by the fact that economy minister and one of IRL's leaders Juhan Parts secretly met with two supervisory board members of Port of Tallinn just before the supervisory board meeting.
The outcome is a sounding victory for the Reform Party and Neinar Seli, supervisory council chairman that wanted the current management board to continue.
The eight-member supervisory council of Port of Tallinn that has four members from Reform Party and four from IRL voted 6 to 2 for the current board to continue in office.
It is known that 13 people were put up as candidates for the board, including Jaan Toots, former board member of Port of Tallinn.
Port of Tallinn is an important cashcow for the state and paid almost 40 million euros in dividends to the state this year, its whole net profit for 2010.
Port of Tallinn supervisory board members are Neinar Seli, Remo Holsmer, Priit Paiste, Kalev Lillo, Tiit Riisalo, Veiko Tishler, Hillar Teder and Andres Lume.
The three largest dividends were last year earned by Armin Karu, owner of Olympic Entertainment Group, Sergei Petrov and Sonny Aswani, according to the Äripäev.COMMENTS (7)
AlcorDistillery that started operations last autumn in the production premises of Onistar after the latter went bankrupt ows 2.1 million euros in excise duties and VAT, but the company's owners say this is normal, writes Äripäev.
Edgar Savisaar, chairman of Estonia's largest opposition party, writes in Äripäev that he has an economic plan that will make Estonia's economy to grow 2 to 3 times faster than the EU average. COMMENTS (16)
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Estonia must become a New Nordic Country, ie a world leader in terms of personal and economic freedoms, a country with a Nordic standard of living and level of safety, while being socially and technologically more dynamic and flexible than the "old" Nordic countries, Prime Minister Taavi Roivas said at the Reform Party convention on Saturday.COMMENTS (20)
Estonian Air carried 553,147 passengers during 2014, an increase of 0.4 percent over the preceding year.
Estonian businessman Indrek Kuivallik has gone to court against the Latvian state, and is claiming 51 million euros in compensation for his investments, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (5)
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Garri Kasparov, the 13-time world champion in chess and one of the fiercest critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin, says that Putin is ready for anything to maintain his high popularity among the Russian population, writes Postimees.COMMENTS (23)
Estonian icecream and frozen goods producer Premia Foods announced today that its ice cream and frozen goods business in Baltic states and Russia will be sold to Food Union, a Ukraine food business.COMMENTS (5)
Estonian media outlets have come under pressure from Neinar Seli over his role in the donation of 250,000 euros to the Estonian Olympic Committee, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (3)
Estonian state is wrong regarding all Russian capital as a source of potential security risk, writes Äripäev in its editorial. today.COMMENTS (4)
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Some 150 Estonian enterprises and organizations, including Health Sickness Fund, are advertising their products in pro-Kremlin state media channels such as RTR Rossija which is also available in Estonia, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (4)
Estonian-based security-technology provider Guardtime has teamed up with Ericsson AB, the world's biggest maker of wireless-network equipment, to improve the safety and transparency of the data transmitted over its systems, Äripäev reports.COMMENTS (1)
In Tallinn yesterday, US President Barack Obama gave the most important speech about European security — and issued the most important pledge—of the post-Cold War era. No U.S. president since Reagan has used such forceful language against Russia, reported The Atlantic.COMMENTS (8)
Eesti Päevaleht writes that recent leaks from the customer support database of Gamma Group, the UK-based developer of FinFisher (aka FinSpy), one of the world's most powerful surveillance software systems, show that the system is being used also in Estonia, most probably by police or intelligence agencies.COMMENTS (1)
The ambitious plan that is backed by Finnish businessmen and is being promoted by leading IRL politician Eerik-Niiles Kross to build Europe's largest data warehouse in Estonia raises doubts, writes Delovye Vedomosti.COMMENTS (5)
Estonian listed ferry group Tallink and Bridgemans Services Ltd. have entered into a charter agreement to charter Tallink's cruise ferry Silja Europa to Australia from August2014 as an accommodation vessel. COMMENTS (7)
The supervisory board of Enterprise Estonia (EAS) on Wednesday appointed Hanno Tomberg as new head of the business support agency, write Postimees.COMMENTS (3)
European transport commissioner Siim Kallas warns that economically, Estonia must move forward as otherwise it would run out of steam.COMMENTS (5)
More and more wealthy Russians and Ukrainians who are concerned about instable political and economic situation in their countries are now investing in Estonian real estate, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (8)
In 2013, average monthly gross wages were 949 euros and the average hourly gross wages were 5.73 euros. COMMENTS (2)
Estonian shipper Tallink Grupp carried 756,101 passengers in May, 4.6 percent less than in the same month in 2013.COMMENTS (6)
Tallinn District Court decided this week to reject the claim by LHV banking group against Äripäev.COMMENTS (1)
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In Brooklyn, an abandoned level below the Bergen Street station is a favorite spot for urban explorers, one of many New York City subway stations that have abandoned platforms. Renovations to the station, which serves the F and G trains, in the early 1990s damaged the lower platform, which had been used from time to time over the course of the station's existence since 1933. Silver doors on the upper level conceal open staircases that go down to the lower level.
Well here you have it: a GIF subway map of New York City that shows the subway lines in order of construction, created by Appealing Industries via Paste Magazine. You'll notice that the first lines to appear are in Brooklyn, rather than the IRT line on Manhattan. The lines in Brooklyn were part of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (later the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation or BMT), created in 1896. They operated along existing surface railways and streetcar lines.
From the collection of Ron Ziel, photo by Bettina Winston from Trans World Airlines. Shared by Justin Rivers, The Eternal Space
We've been preparing for our upcoming tour, The Remnants of Penn Station, led by Tamara Agins of New York City Department of City Planning and Justin Rivers, of the play The Eternal Space. In addition to tracking down remnants of the original Pennsylvania Station, rarely shown photographs of the station and its demolition from personal collections will be shown, like the above. While many people are familiar with the Redstone rocket that was displayed in Grand Central Terminal, this is the first we've seen of the airplane in Penn Station. And the story gets even better…
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It's easy to hate on LaGuardia Airport, even the politicians do it. Just last year, Vice President Joe Biden compared it to an airport that would be found in a "third world country," nearly identical to what Donald Trump said of it in 2011: "You go to LaGuardia Airport, it's like a Third World airport." The executive director of the Port Authority agreed with Biden, and Governor Mario Cuomo called the airport a "disgrace." Well, for the haters, change is finally coming. The demolition of Hangars 2 and 4, between the Central Terminal Building and the Delta/US Airways terminal is mid-demolition. There hasn't been any news about it, probably because nobody cares.
Parisian trainspotters have for years hoarded a special secret. It's located next to the Metro Station Villiers in the 17th arrondissement, in a storage track that used to be a terminal loop for Metro Line 3 before it was extended. Inside, some very old trains lie dormant, their slumber undisturbed by regular visits by spray painters and photographers. Most of them are in an advanced state of decay.
Soon, this heritage will be gone, the trains will receive judgement: damned to dismantlement, or, for a select few deemed the most emblematic and unique, blessed with preservation. Take a tour with us today in this photo series taken over the course of two months from December 2014 to January 2015 of the abandoned trains, as well as a warehouse for restored metro cars.
From our time writing about the subway system at Untapped Cities, we've come to know some of the real transit buffs in New York City. The community is a passionate one, always ready to provide new, fascinating information to our readers, and correct inaccuracies on Wikipedia. Now, transit aficionados can take things one step further, by decorating their home in color palettes inspired by the NYC Subway. LINE x LINE just finished a successful Kickstarter campaign to create graphic posters and postcards that surface both colors and historical meaning from New York City subway stations.


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Doom Desire voxel pack (final)Apr 16, 2013 Models Pack 1 comment
I decided to release a final voxel pack from the old "demo". It contains a Fighter and Prometheus Artillery (mobile and deployed). No other voxels from...
Endlessly roaming through the Space, an alien fleet is closing to a blue planet. Its inhabitants, blissfully unaware of the upcoming threat, are struggling with the chaos they have to face everyday. And yet, it will all soon change. The world will finally become united against a common enemy. The Earth will never be the same anymore. But what will this war bring? Do the humans stand any chance against such a foe? Will everyone willingly join to fight the alien thread? And why, do the aliens seem to look so human-like?...
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This update is a late update that was supposed to come in December, but i couldn't get done in time. This makes it the first update for 2015. This one comes with few new Paladin units.
There's also a short background story available here.
Unfortunately, screenshots and text don't really tell much about how units work in practice. So, here's an ingame footage of few Paladins being discovered nearby a city, and what happens after (using, at least for the time being, OmegaBolt's temperate terrain, which is available here).
That's all for this year's first news update. Have a happy new year!
I decided to release a final voxel pack from the old "demo". It contains a Fighter and Prometheus Artillery (mobile and deployed). No other voxels from...
I realized i didn't upload all of the voxels in the voxel pack. Now fixing this. :) Added 3 more voxels: Mi-8, Mi-26, and a Microwave Emitter truck.
Manual for the early beta. Has installation notes, unit description, and lore (some of which is heavily outdated atm :P ).
Doom Desire music pack, stereo. Better quality, but a bit bigger.
Doom Desire music pack. Smaller (and lower quality), for those that have a limited bandwidth.
A very early Doom Desire beta release. It features the Paladin and Vintarid side and a couple maps. While the gameplay in the newest, unreleased version...
Awesome work mevitar :)
Will there be a version with Ares or with NPatch integrated into the installation? NPatch's installer doesn't work on the First Decade or Ultimate Collection versions of YR, due to its strict requirements for a 'legitimate' copy.
The mod is using Ares. There's no reason for me to even think about using NPatch. There should be no issues with TFD or UC.
Huh, really? The readme said to install NPatch. Is the early beta the only version which uses NPatch?
The "beta" was released when only NPatch existed, so it's using NPatch. I'm not using NPatch for the mod anymore, though.
This mod seriously deserves more attention.
Wow! This mod looks amazing! Great work bro! Keep it up!! :D
This mod is going to be awesome! I love the cool design and the amount of effort behind the models. Voted for MotY 2014!
Thank you. But as you can see, it didn't help. :P
(not that i blame anyone, though; I just don't have time for any promotion, i'm still busy working on new units, and... this mod is simply not popular in the first place :P )
Who knows, maybe next year. :P
Good mod man, keep it work strong.
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Today's Biz Ladies post comes from previous Biz Ladies contributor, creative director of Anthology Magazine and mother of two, Meg Mateo Ilasco. Meg recently released her newest book in the "Inc." series of creative business books, Mom, Inc., with co-author Cat Seto. This newest installment focuses on motherhood and creative entrepreneurship, and today Meg is graciously sharing some of the greatest lessons she has learned in business and motherhood. Thanks, Meg, for this wonderful post! — Stephanie
Read the full post after the jump . . .
I had my first baby over nine years ago — before there were parenting blogs to help me make important decisions (What colors should I make my baby's bunting flags?), before Toddlers and Tiaras existed to reassure me that I actually am a good parent.
When I was pregnant with my firstborn, I also had another "baby": my first business, a wedding invitation company. So I understand motherhood about as much as I understand business. Over the years, I've taken copious notes and noticed some similarities: they're both full-time jobs, they make you stay up late, they make you drink lots of caffeine so you can feel more engaging, and they always need to take a crap when you're at the grocery store checkout. Okay, maybe that applies only to one of them. But I've also learned many lessons about being a business owner and mother, and I'd like to share some of them with you:
1. Motherhood doesn't mean sainthood. There were no mom bloggers and barely any of my friends had children when I was having kids (no, I was not a teen mom); in other words, there was a dearth of real and virtual moms I could compare myself to. As a result, I got in the habit of hardly comparing myself to other moms — and this is a good thing. Comparisons will just lead to feelings of inadequacy. Let those other mothers grow their own vegetables and puree their baby's food! Let them enroll their two-year-olds in violin class! As a mother and entrepreneur, you'll have limited quantities of resources, time, and energy. Choose your projects and commitments carefully. If it's not something you want to do or have time to do, then simply don't do it. And don't beat yourself up with comparisons.
2. Yes, children should come first, but . . . sometimes so should your business! The feeling that children should come first all the time will lead to only one thing: guilt, lots of it. You'll feel guilty when you check your email on your phone in front of your kids; you'll feel guilty when you have an important business event that makes you miss your son's dance performance; you'll feel guilty when the answer to "What's for dinner?" is take out — again. You don't need to interact with your child around the clock (it will teach them some independence); sometimes it's just plain impossible to attend everything your child is involved in (especially if you've scheduled them in a ton of activities), and you shouldn't feel bad that you didn't cook and clean all day. Putting your business first some of the time doesn't make you a bad mother!
3. Think less about the word "balance" and think more about "making it work." If there's one word you'll never hear enough of as a mother and entrepreneur, it's "balance." How do you balance it all? How do you achieve a work-life balance? The problem with the word balance, for me, is that it implies homeostasis — a condition of absolute equilibrium where everything is working perfectly the way it should. Balance suggests that everything important in your life should be satisfied in an equal way. Life for a parent entrepreneur rarely works like this, making balance such an unattainable goal. Indeed, it is hard to reach a feeling of equilibrium when you're being pulled in five different directions. So instead of thinking of balance, I think about "making it work." It places importance on flexibility and adaptability, instead of satisfying all parties. And for an entrepreneurial mom, where every day brings a new set of challenges, flexibility is an asset.
4. Don't forget your friends. When I had my first child, I might as well have been in a witness protection program. I lost touch with my friends as my life revolved around only family life and business. I was always too busy with the baby ("Oh I can't make it to the party because Lauryn has her bath time.") or the business ("Not today. I've got so many orders to fill!"). You need time away from the kids and business; you need time for yourself. The trick to this: schedule it regularly — like you would your son's t-ball game (you always make time for that!). It's also a good idea to meet up with friends who don't have kids or a business so you can have conversations that don't involve sleep training or how to make a press kit.
5. Enjoy the process and learn to adapt. Becoming a great designer, blogger, entrepreneur, or mother rarely happens overnight! Don't be in such a hurry to get to the other side, or you'll miss the point completely. Mom business owners with younger children, especially two-year-olds, always ask me, "When does it get better?" The answer is: Don't worry about that, just enjoy your child now. And truthfully, it doesn't necessarily get "better" — granted you won't have to change a diaper later on, but you'll gain other responsibilities and face other challenges as your child gets older, such as homework, fieldtrips, ninja classes, archery classes . . . and the list goes on.
Like I said, motherhood and business operate on similar tenets. It's not making gobs of money that makes you a business owner; it's the process of building a business that makes you one. And it's not producing a kid that can speak three different languages by age four that makes you a mother; it's the process of understanding your child's needs and connecting with your child that makes you a mother. At the end of the day, remind yourself of how astonishing your accomplishments are in nurturing and molding multiple entities that will one day go out into the world and make some kind of impact — even if one of them is doing the potty dance in the grocery store aisle.
"Don't be in such a hurry to get to the other side, or you'll miss the point completely" Such a wonderfully put important point for everyone's daily life! I will adopt this as my mantra today. Thank you!
And depending on the day you will either laugh or melt down when 'they always need to take a crap when you're at the grocery store checkout.'
Lovely lovely post. Gotta watch out for those ninja classes! I wish I had read this 6 years ago. Witness Protection program indeed. I don't think I LEFT THE HOUSE the first 3 months after my daughter's birth.
Thank you for the illuminating (and totally on target) post, Meg! As the mother of an aforementioned two year old who is also starting a new venture, this could not be more timely. I especially resonate with your point about comparison and will be reading it on a daily basis….even the best pieces of wisdom can take a while to sink in when running on limited sleep:)
Thank you! Perfect moment for this.
I love every single part of this, especially the points about making it work instead of striving to achieve balance. Sharing this immediately.
Love Meg and love this advice :)
Thank you for touching this hard subject. About the guilt – I was given very good advice. I realized I was going to need a sitter one afternoon a week and was really beating myself up about it, and my sister told me that putting more time into the business I love is actually sending a really good message to my kids, especially my daughter. Mommy has a fulfilling job that she loves – it made it so much easier for me to not feel bad knowing what I was actually doing was setting an example.
This is wonderful, but seeing as how this is biz ladies, lets talk finances. As an independent business owner or freelancer who needs to and deserves to take maternity leave, how does one cope? What happened to your small business income in those weeks or months when you couldn't manage to brush your teeth, much less meet with a client? It's not like biz ladies have a nice maternity leave package.
Thank you for this post! It is all too easy to put incredibly high expectations and demands on yourself. I can pull some new mantras from here : make it work, don't be a shut – in, and nothing happens overnight. Thank you!
Such great advice. Thanks for sharing, Meg!
Great post! I am in the same boat you were-launched my site while on maternity leave 2 years ago! Naptime seems to be the only time when I can work, unless I find someone to occupy my little guy. It's so hard to balance when I'm in this stage in which I'm a mom, work 30hrs per week at one job, and work on my business in my spare time. Whew!
This is a reassuring post! As a working Mom who's "making it work", I think these points apply equally well to us as they do entrepreneurs.
I'm a new mom and launching a new business so I am so excited to have read this and can't wait to read Meg's book. Thanks for the advice!
As a mother of three children, to read this, it made my day! Thank you Meg for making us feel better about "making all of this work" in our life. What a challange! but somehow it works…
As a single mother of a two year old with a full time job and an arts and crafts streak, I am formulating a plan for a creative business. I am so sick of the word 'balance' and how it is supposed to impact my life. Thank you for giving me the will to believe that 'making it work' is good enough. And thanks to my friends for hanging tough went I went through a bout of being in my own witness protection program!
This is a very realistic article. I agree that "they're both full-time jobs." Remembering that fact makes me feel better, when I find I can't do it all at once. Two full-time jobs force all-nighters. But, at least as business owners, we have the freedom to choose which job we do and when. Kids do not grow up too fast, if you spend time with them and watch most of their events. Hopefully, the business will continue when the kids are grown. But, it doesn't work the other way around.
Such a refreshing post! Thank you!
As a mom, artist, business owner and blogger, the timing of this post could not have been more perfect. Thank you SO MUCH!
Spot on Meg! I've always loathed the term "balance," and I couldn't put my finger on exactly why — you've articulated it perfectly. I'll have the "make it work" phrase (in Tim Gunn's voice naturally) replaying in my head from now on. :)
Perfect. I have been struggling with the mom guilt for months. I put my business and blog on a back burner because I felt so guilty about what I was doing to my kids…or not doing. My blog (about a year ago) and business were going so well but the guilt was overwhelming and now I am struggling with missing my business. This was so reassuring.
Absolutely perfect, couldn't have come at a better time for me. I have a 2 year old and am just starting to get back to my business after not being able to juggle both work and a new baby. It is a major financial sacrifice for my family, but putting my daughter in daycare 3 days a week has made a HUGE difference in all things. I am focused and productive during those working hours, and as a family when we're home together, we have much more fun and I am able to feel more "present" in the moment. I have started exercising regularly and we actually go places like the beach and the zoo on our "days off." If you can find a way to do it, I recommend it.
Seriously, the best blog post I have read: I want to post this on my office wall!
I have a 9-month old who *just* started sleeping well, so for many months I was feeling overwhelmed trying to "balance" baby and business. I now know to pick and choose what is most important. Maybe I write one less blog post, but I get an extra hour to play with my little guy.
Thanks for this post, Meg. Love your book Craft, Inc. (currently reading it) and look forward to reading Mom, Inc!
Thank you for sharing these lessons. Being a mom, freelance designer with a business of one, girl, wife, friend… is definitely more of a juggling act on a balance beam–in 3 inch heels! I was having a self-pity party just moments ago and your words came at the right time. Really needed this today!
Well said! I'm neither a mom nor an entrepreneur, but you really nailed it on this piece. Heading over to check your site out now.
Point number 3 will change my thinking forever. Such wisdom. I have three children and work life balance is a fight. Owning my own business was the only way I wasn't going to explode.
LOL – I soooooo identify with all this!
My first baby (my business) is 10.5 years old my first boy is 7 yrs and my second boy is 4yrs old, and I am proud of all of them.
Looking back I am very happy I took the plunge into business before I fell head first into parenting. I was also the first of my friends to have kids – by a few years – and it may have been a blessing in disguise! It took time to find my footing in parenthood it would have felt awful to compare my inadequacies to my friends successes.
The worlds "balance" and "perfect" are slowly leaving my vocabulary. I don't even like using them much anymore. Both are impossible to achieve. I have good weeks where by magic to works and some weeks are a scramble. I think what matters is even when you are feeling frustrated in the moment if you can look at the bigger picture and still feel your world is a happy place. After all life is a marathon not a sprint.
I really enjoyed reading this post… Comparison can be numbing. I love the 'making it work' vs 'balance'… am totally adopting that aspect for my day to day travels. And besides, my balance is pretty bad – I can't stand on surfboard in 50cm of water! Thank you :)
Thanks for all your comments! I think it just helps to know that we're all in the same boat and we're all trying to "make it work" (yes, in Tim Gunn's voice!).
Teresa: in terms of giving yourself maternity leave or even a vacation at some point, you basically have to save up or generate more income in the months leading up to your leave–so you don't have to stress about finances during that time. It also helps to find ways of getting passive income, like licensing deals (especially ones that pay monthly), so that you're still earning even when you're not working.
I love the piece about your child doesn't ALWAYS have to come first. I know it sounds harsh to those that don't have kids, or those that like to lay a guilt trip on other moms, but the truth of the matter is that our kids are capable of understanding that we love them more then anything that has ever existed and at the same exact moment -that sometimes- they will have to just wait 5 minutes so Mommy can close this really important deal. Our job is to teach them not to limit yourself to just one roll.
I thought this was a great mother's day post. Thank you.
Being a mother and everything else: a blogger, designer, worker, cook, etc. is hard work! However, our children make it the trouble and lack of sleep worth it! I've been reading so many posts about motherhood lately (I'm sure it's because Mother's Day is coming up) and it inspired me to start writing my daughter letters. She's three, but want her to be able to look back one day and read about my struggles, emotions, triumphs, and failures as a mother in hopes she can learn from my experiences and appreciate all the blood, sweat, and tears are required to be a mother. Thank you for such a great post!
as a non-parent i just wanted to say that i know a lot of us don't think it's harsh at all to accept the reality that your children can't always come first. i've seen my friends with children suffer so much because of the myth of a perfect mother who always puts herself (and her work) last and it's excruciating to watch. you all work so hard to support your children and that love is clear to them (and us). i hope this post and others will help working moms know that none of us look down on those who choose to put themselves, their marriages or work first when they need to.
grace :)
Thank you for this post. I just started my own design business at the start of 2012 and my daughter also started school. I was completely overwhelmed to begin with but over the last 5 months I have relaxed about the business/home life, realising it is a marathon not a sprint. School has also bought new responsibilites and opportunities which has been added into the mix. All in all, with all the different things I want to do, this is my life and I will make it work as best I can. Thank you again for the post.
I was thinking about this post as I brought my phone up to my 1.5 year old's room after nap time. She played (more or less quietly, LOL) while I made a few calls and answered an email or two, then we spent the rest of the afternoon reading and playing together. I felt much more relaxed knowing that those loose business ends had been tied up before the end of the day, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I often remind myself that it is about quality, not only quantity.
In response to getting really physically ill and depressed while being a stay at home mom and revolving my life too much around my now 18 month old, my husband and I decided I should start a craft business. I really believe now that moms are meant for their own sake and their kids' to be involved in other things and have their own life. So, I am about 90% through Craft, Inc. And have read all the "Biz ladies" posts. We reworked my husbands work schedule so that I have time to exercise and about 15 daytime hours/week to start business. Things are already getting better, and my son is 50% more cute now that I have time away from him. Bye bye guilt, hello learning to make it work! Loved everything you said here and will certainly be getting your new book. Wish us luck!
Wonderful advice! Make it work!
Great article. I think it's really important to have a realiztic view of how Motherhood will affect your ability to spend time on your business and how that will affect any business partners you may have. When my former business partner and I drew up out biz plan (years before I had kids) we had a ridicuous assumption that babies (we weren't even thinking of active toddlers) would sit quietly in the office or kitchen space. After I had my first baby, it became clear that I couldn't put in the 14-hour days anymore and my partner still could. After I bought my partner out (most amicably!) And had another baby, i have scaled back the business dramatically for the time-being. Keeping in touch with important clients and keeping some sort of a presence is important, but I think Mom business owners should also be okay with the thought that scaling back doesn't have to mean failure. For me, the notion that "you can have it all, just maybe not at the same time" made me feel more "balanced."
This article could not have been published at a better time for me. Thank you, Meg, for sharing these reminders that so many of us working mom's need!
As someone who doesn't have children yet, thank you for encouraging me to have a family in spite of the life-consuming aspects of owning a business! Sometimes I need a little pep talk, and this has been the highlight of my day. I'm ordering your book right now!
Brilliant, brilliant. I had my first child 9 years ago too and everything has changed SO much. I feel like a beginner all over again-new to the blogging world-inspiring reading-a must buy! Thanks so much for sharing!
I really needed to read this today! Thank you for sharing!
"Making it work" is the best and so true!
Great Article!
I'll have to read it everymorning.
Thank you!
Wonderful post! So encouraging and inspiring. Thanks so much.
Great post! thank you for all of the wise words. I'm not a mom yet, but I think this applies anyway.
This is The Best thing I've read about motherhood and self-employment.
And I've read a lot about it in an attempt to figure out how to make it work. I'm beyond delighted that you have written a book about this, since I've been obsessed with your other two books.
I am a web designer with a toddler son and I really needed to hear all of this. Luckily, I'm predisposed to be a low-key mom and exited the competition of 'earlier! faster! more!' parenting-wise shortly after he was born.
But the friends thing? I struggle with that. Along with making time for my HUSBAND – when naptime and after-bedtime are the only times I can work. (I can try to work when he's awake, but I've noticed it's pretty much pointless at his age).
Anyway. Thank you. A million times THANK YOU!
Thanks for reminding us that we aren't and don't have to be superwomen! Life really isn't about being perferct, rather trying, making mistakes, falling down, getting back up and learning. Good luck to all you mom entrepreneurs out there!
This is just what I needed to hear! I am 37 weeks pregnant and am definitely anxious about running a business and being a mom, however hearing these awesome words of wisdom, especially "Make it Work" helps ease my stress. Thanks for posting this!
This was a wonderful Mother's Day read – thank you for the encouraging words of wisdom.
This truly is a heartening post – (and comments!) I own a small brick&morter shop in Vermont and have brought my 9 month old with me for 7 months. It's delicious and challenging, and each day I field comments from customers about how it "won't last long." My response is always "it'll work until it doesn't". The space has grown to accomodate him and for now, it still works. My handmade vendors and customers with kids are the best to share stories and resources with. I've been so inspired by the glimpses I have into their spaces, I'm working on a new project to catalog these stories of how it works so that we can share the best ideas together (hopefully I'll get to hear from some of the fabulous women in this community who are making and running businesses!). I can't wait to read Mom Inc! I often recommend Craft Inc – it was one of the best motivators for me to start my business. Thank you, Meg!
I'm so late to this, but I just have to say a huge thank you. This applies not only to ladies running a business, but full time working moms as well. I'm about to go into a Master's program (with a 3 year old + a baby on the way) and ALL of these tips apply. And I agree wholeheartedly. There's entirely too much pressure put on mothers to give 150% of their undivided attention to their kids. I just wonder what kind of adults we're raising.
It is all about quality time with both, your kids and your business!!
My sister, who lives in Germany and has a 4 month old baby, just bought your book last weekend and was talking about it yesterday. I didn't think it applied for me, but maybe I should get it too!
I'm feeling "the call" to become a mom but the idea of "loosing my life" totally freaks me out. I'm scared of not being able to keep doing what I'm doing, I guess I have to get used to the idea that things wont work the same, but they will work, somehow. Excellent post, thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you so much for this! I have a 9-month old son and he is my first. My business has started to really take off and so has he! I was concerned that I would have to take a break from the business in order to solely focus on the baby, but I will now be implementing a schedule and stick to it. This was helpful thanks.
Lovely post. I just bought your book "Mom, Inc." Cannot wait!
Just brilliant! Thank you Meg for having the genius idea to do a book on both subjects. Being a designer/blogger/business owner and mum of 2 young children – I feel very connected to your world!
Wow good to see im not the only one feeling I needed to hear this amazing advice! ! I am going to read and re read this post! To remind myself I'm making it work!