Growing Steady | Intentional Creative Business Podcast

We're navigating COVID-19 the best way we can but that way may not be the right way for you (and that's OKAY). 

👋 Our hope in sharing this series is that it a) makes YOU feel a little less alone in the worries or questions you have through all of this and b) it gives you some ideas or inspiration about how to make decisions in your own life and business that will help keep you afloat as we surf this tidal waves of uncertainty. 

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🎙 Subscribe to our podcast if you want to listen to this show on the go: https://wanderingaimfully.com/podcast/ 

📬 Jump on our email list to get the 👨🏻‍🦲his/👩🏻‍🦰hers weekly version in your inbox: https://wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter/ 

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If you want to learn more about our businesses: 

Wandering Aimfully (WAIM) - A 6-month Un-Boring Coaching Program for creative business owners looking to focus on ONE aspect of their business each month. Learn more here: https://wanderingaimfully.com/join/

Teachery - A very easy to use online course platform that helps you create and sell whatever skill or idea you have: https://www.teachery.co/

What questions are we asking ourselves? How are our priorities shifting? How are we staying sane and hopeful through a trying time? 

Our only hope in sharing this series is that it a) makes YOU feel a little less alone in the worries or questions you have through all of this and b) it gives you some ideas or inspiration about how to make decisions in your own life and business that will help keep you afloat as we surf this tidal waves of uncertainty. 

You can consume our "The Uncertain Times" series in whichever way you prefer: 

🎥 Subscribe to our Wandering Aimfully YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/wanderingaimfully

🎙 Subscribe to our podcast if you want to listen to this show on the go: https://wanderingaimfully.com/podcast/ 

📬 Jump on our email list to get the 👨🏻‍🦲his/👩🏻‍🦰hers weekly version in your inbox: https://wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter/ 

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If you want to learn more about our businesses: 

Wandering Aimfully (WAIM) - A 6-month Un-Boring Coaching Program for creative business owners looking to focus on ONE aspect of their business each month. Learn more here: https://wanderingaimfully.com/join/ 

Teachery - A very easy to use online course platform that helps you create and sell whatever skill or idea you have: https://www.teachery.co/ 

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Stuff we mentioned you should check out: 

Little Fires Everywhere - https://www.hulu.com/series/little-fires-everywhere-bce24897-1a74-48a3-95e8-6cdd530dde4c 

Untamed by Glennon Doyle - https://amzn.to/398ECjx 

Dave - https://www.hulu.com/series/dave-ac3a96f0-9614-46af-b524-f59c7d281946 

The Enigma Cube by Douglas E. Richards - https://amzn.to/3dlWPxG

In January, Caroline 👩🏻‍🦰 came down with the most debilitating season of anxiety she'd ever experienced. She dealt with symptoms she'd never had before with such severity, things like depersonalization, acute tension headaches, vertigo, extreme sensitivity to light and sensations, and all of this left her completely unable to work, much less get out of bed. After months of these symptoms, trying to simply rest and recuperate and nothing changing, depression started to set in and she no longer recognized the person in the mirror. It was terrifying for both of us. 

Meanwhile, Jason 👨🏻‍🦲 was not only trying to support Caroline in every way he knew how, but he was also trying to keep the business afloat while we weathered the storm. There is so much freedom and flexibility in being online business owners, but there is no steady paycheck to rely on to keep you on solid ground when you’re going through something tough. 

👉👉 Flash forward to today as we write these words and we’re closing in on the final weeks of 2019. We can’t express to you how drastically things have improved since those darkest days earlier this year. Not only is Caroline's health much improved (physically and mentally) but our business feels stronger than ever. 

We're extremely grateful we were able to Wandering Aimfully alive, but actually THRIVE, despite the challenges we’ve faced this year is not only something that surprised the heck out of us, but it’s something we’re really proud of. 

We hope the lessons we share here might help you if you're going through you're own rough patch in life and biz 🙌. 

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If you're looking for (un-boring) business coaching to help you grow your business, gain more free time, and have more fun, join our 6-Month Group Coaching program. You can get your first month for 50% OFF if you use the code "casper" at https://wanderingaimfully.com/join/

What are the implications of uploading our photos to a random app and should we be concerned about the privacy implications?

👴🏻 You can view Jason as an old man here: https://twitter.com/jasondoesstuff/status/1151246452368142336

What about the societal norms of men and women when it comes to aging? Can we do something to counteract the stigmas associated with getting older?

We also chat about Cat & Cloud Coffee getting sued by Caterpillar (yes, the billion-dollar construction company is suing a small neighborhood coffee company over a trademark). It's pretty crappy when a small business gets attacked by big business so we wanted to share our thoughts and ask for your support too.

🙀 Cat & Cloud Getting Sued article: https://sprudge.com/the-plot-thickens-between-caterpillar-and-cat-cloud-143970.html

Cat & Cloud Founders talk about getting sued: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/being-sued-by-caterpillar-inc/id1021859870?i=1000438846894

Cat & Cloud Founders talk about getting sued (part two): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lawsuit-life/id1021859870?i=1000440454388https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/being-sued-by-caterpillar-inc/id1021859870?i=1000438846894

👉 Support Cat & Cloud by picking up something from their site: https://catandcloud.com/

We hope you enjoyed this more random episode. Should we do more episodes like this?

🤔 COMMENT: Do you think we need to be concerned about things like FaceApp having our photos and being able to use them? Is it as important as bigger privacy issues?

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One of Jason's weird rituals has gone on for over 1,000 (nearly) straight days and it took him from feeling negative throughout each day to creating a ripple effect of positivity as soon as he opened his eyes each morning.

Caroline's most important rituals have evolved over the past six months as she's been willing to try any new habits to overcome her bout with anxiety. Her latest morning ritual has been extremely beneficial!

Have a listen as we chat about the rituals we've created, the habits we've formed, and how we think about making positive changes in our daily lives.

🤔 What are YOUR weirdest or most helpful rituals? Also, do you like the banter of these episodes or the topics we dive into? Head to our YouTube channel and leave a comment on this episode!

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While working on a Building A Squarespace Site from Start to Finish (BASSSF) project, we had a couple tough conversations. This isn't the first time we've experienced friction while working together but we wanted to flip on the camera/mic and record it for you.

Have a listen as we try to develop a process, real-time, and figure out a way to make project collaboration go a bit smoother moving forward.

We really hope you enjoy being a fly on the wall of conversations like these. We rarely see couples, let alone couples that work together, sharing this honestly and openly!

Keep us with our BASSSF project during July: https://wanderingaimfully.com/squarespace

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UPDATE: Last week we talked about how we weren't doing a video version of the show but this week Caroline talked Jason into just doing a simpler video version and letting go of some of the production effort. Sooo... we're still doing a video show, just with less editing. What can we say? We like to wander aimfully around here!

Anyhoo, this conversation is on our experience working with clients, why we eventually stopped working with clients, and a foolproof way creative freelancers can get MORE clients. 👌

😱New Project: We've cooked up something new called "Building A Squarespace Site from Start to Finish" or BASSSF (as Jason loves to say). You can follow along at http://wanderingaimfully.com/squarespace as we build a brand and website from scratch then sell the entire thing in a unique way. Should be a fun project the next few weeks!

Hope you enjoy the episode, our convo, and if you have any tried-and-true tips for getting clients, share them in the comments of the YouTube version of this episode.

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In this episode we talk about some of the things that have made the biggest impact in improving Caroline's battle with anxiety, including a specific vitamin regime and a big change in our diet.

We also share what's next for Wandering Aimfully and what we have planned for the rest of this year.

Hope you enjoy the update and the longer, looser show format! Let us know what you think by reaching out on social or sending an email our way 👋

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When it comes to relationship advice we don't tend to give it very often. Relationships are all extremely different and individualized but we have noticed a few key trends and important factors in almost a decade of being together.

In this week's episode, we explore some of the biggest lessons we've learned and share some of those important factors we believe all couples can utilize to keep relationships healthy and happy.

Plus, if you just like seeing a married couple try to navigate their relationship on camera, you should enjoy watching (or listening) to this one! 😂

🤔 QUESTION: What do you want to know about our relationship? We're going to do a Q&A episode about our relationship in the future and would love to answer your question! (Comment on YouTube)

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Around these parts, we believe feedback is dangerous and can almost literally kick you in the face, Chuck Norris style! We all struggle to deal with feedback and criticism so we decided to share tips we've learned over the years.

One of the tips we'll spoil for you, because podcast description, it's SO IMPORTANT to realize who you are getting feedback from and IF you should take that's person's feedback. While we all love our friends and family, often times their feedback isn't warranted and shouldn't be taken to heart (especially related to business feedback or criticism where they don't have firsthand experience).

The rest of our tips about feedback? You'll have to listen to the ep for those!

Also, if you want a fun drinking game: Take a drink every time we say "Chakespear" in this episode. 😂🍻🍸

🤔 QUESTION: What have you received feedback on lately that may have affected you in a negative way more than it should have?

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