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Important: Web feed link changed

Kathleen Bright — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:56:09 +0000

I've changed the link for the Inspire With Hope feed.

It was http://feeds.feedburner.com/AllThingsBright

It's now:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/InspireWithHope

So, if you were subscribed, please update. If you weren't, why not do that now? :)

I'm terrified of losing my 51 subscribers, but I figure it's better to change things sooner rather than later.

I'm really sorry for the inconvenience: I renamed Inspire With Hope a year or two ago & this is, I think, the last of the legacy bits.

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A tentative return

Kathleen Bright — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:33:31 +0000

Hi! It's been a while, but here I am!

I'm really not sure what to write, all I know is that I'm not willing to let go of Inspire With Hope yet.

Since I last wrote, I…

Moved out of my parents' house!
Gained full-time employment doing Web Stuff (since 15 October 2007)
Became vegan (around 13th November 2007)
Connected with lots of vegans & made really good friends via groups like The London Vegan Meetup Group
Updated Bright Portfolio
Updated my LinkedIn profile
Attended BiCon, London BiFest & Polyday
Attended Bristol Vegan Fayre, London Vegan Festival & Christmas Without Cruelty
Became a Lush enthusiast
Danced!

The single most awesome thing I did this year was moving out of my parents' house. I really wondered if I had it in me to ever leave. I did! I've done *so much*, met so many wonderful people & deepened so many of my relationships in so many ways because I'm not there. I'm still really excited about all this seven months later.

So, what happened to my Web Stuff…?

Web Stuff, including Inspire With Hope, has been on the backburner for a long time whilst I sorted out my living & loving situations. I think I'm at a point where I can invest time & energy in it again (we'll soon find out… :)), so I'm working that out.

I've updated Kathleen Bright (dotcom)

I've got fresh stuff about to go up on Bright Portfolio too.

Squeebounce!

What about Inspire With Hope?

In amongst the randomness, I sometimes muse on Inspire With Hope in my Twitter microblog. Subscribe.
You can see a list of my ideas for Inspire With Hope – do feel free to suggest things to me too; just leave a comment. Thank you! Subscribe.
Keeping you up to date on Inspire With Hope: If there are problems with updating inspirewithhope.com, this is where I'll let you know about that. Subscribe.

Some important things for entrepreneurship

Creating independent streams of income – using enterpreneurship to increase wealth
Challenging kyriarchy: Social enterprise & ethical business – using enterpreneurship to change the world
Life balance (aka work-life balance)

I'll be seeing how it goes with updating Inspire With Hope; I'm really excited to be back, so it looks hopeful.

With thanks to Chisel for helping me write some of this post. :)

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Sorry, life got in the way

Kathleen Bright — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:53:37 +0000

Sincere apologies, but due to a proliferation of stuff and things to do, there's no entry today. Instead, I recommend some timely advice I need to take: Trizoko: How to Reduce Your Workload in 1 Minute, which I'll implement to ensure Friday's entry appears, bright and early! :)

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Speedlinks: Personal entrepreneurship

Kathleen Bright — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:53:29 +0000

All Things Bright is dedicated to the topic of Personal entrepreneurship, so every entry here is in some way connected to that. What do I mean by personal entrepreneurship? Many things, including the personal and human sides of being an entrepreneur, my experiences with enterprise and social entrepreneurship (which involves seeking to improve the lives of those less fortunate than I am).

Today I bring you five links focused on linking the personal and the entrepreneurial, it's the human side of business:

Mindful Entrepreneur: How to Integrate Personal & Business Development: "In my view of entrepreneurship, I put personal growth first."
I will Teach You To Be Rich: Friday Entrepreneurs: Pamela Slim, Escape From Cubicle Nation: "More people should think entrepreneurially "
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance: Getting Started as an Entrepreneur, a Guide for Students: " We've written this manual to help you, as a student with entrepreneurial dreams, get your business off the ground."
Nyenrode Business University: A Glimpse of the Future of Venturing: Rapidly Growing Opportunities in Sustainable Entrepreneurship! "We increasingly witness the conflicts between ecology and economy… conscious entrepreneurs prefer a sustainable venture"
The Bibby Group: Entrepreneurship – A subject worthy of study: "Wouldn't self-employment be on your list of options?"

Plus, it wouldn't be a proper speedlinks entry without the bonus link! So here's a blog I discovered today, which includes lots on personal entrepreneurship by Bill D'Alessandro: Ready Fire Aim: Ramblings on Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Web Design

Notes: You can get inspiration from the strangest places, including random words. Today's entry is brought to you inspired by the word 'ducks', courtesy of Dave (thank you!)

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How to achieve your goals

Kathleen Bright — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:56:48 +0000

Please take one step towards your goals and resolutions

Do it now

You cannot act in the past. It is only a memory and it may be mistaken.

You cannot act in the future. It is only a dream and it may be wrong.

You can act now. You can only act now. You owe it to yourself too.

In this individual movement you can choose to continue reading. You can choose to make a positive start on your goals now. In doing so, you create happiness for yourself because you create meaning in your life, which makes you feel fulfilled.

I read a brilliant quotation the other day: "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.", Martin Luther King, Jr. Take one step now, then another. Continue.

Just my two cents; what do you think?

Quick tip: If you make your goals more specific, you're more likely to achieve them: Change 'be healthier' to 'eat three servings of fruit daily' or 'tidy my desk' to 'clear desk today'.

Just start!

What will you do? Write down your goals, at last? Choose an area of your desk to start decluttering? Play around with the code for your next great business idea?

I did all of the above today and now I'm going to do what I find hardest of all: Sleep, because in the rush to do it now, it's important to remember you can't do it all.

Good luck and do let me know how you're getting on; I always love hearing from you.

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Review of design & content, plus feedback plea

Kathleen Bright — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:44:13 +0000

Enjoy reading All Things Bright? Then you might be interested in my plans for it this coming new year, especially as you have the power to change things here, just by leaving me feedback.

On 11 December, I asked for your help with considering changes for All Things Bright, what kind of design & content you'd like here and what you think of teasers (i.e. excerpts of entries).

I made the mistake of not publicising the entry, so I've not had many responses. I'm now rectifying that mistake by letting more people know about this entry and asking for feedback.

So, please let me know what you think of the proposed changes in the comments. I invite you to add your own suggestions too, because I listen.

Ian replied to the previous request for feedback and I've implemented the changes he suggested. Since then I've had some emails with further feedback, specifically regarding the images to text ratio here (i.e. why so few images?), so I'll be focusing on that for the next month.

Action list

Executing & following up on ideas from 2006

Advertising: On 13th August, I stated that I'd remove AdSense if it didn't pick up by the end of the year. So that's what I'm doing. When All Things Bright is more established, I may put it back, but currently it's not worth it. I'll review in three months, at the end of March.

Much more important to get the word out about All Things Bright than it is to try monetizing it with something like AdSense. (I have some better ideas for monetizing, mainly affiliate recommendations, but you'll see as next year unfolds).

Marketing: I'll be focusing more on marketing next year, for All Things Bright and other projects. In addition, I'll be generally extending and deepening my knowledge of marketing.

Goals for 2007

Specific goals for All Things Bright, to fulfil my dreams of greatness & growth (via increased popularity), with details of how you can help if you are willing and able to do so.

Me: Extending the Community

Become part of a suitable, reputable blogging network, which is of personal value and interest to me.
How? Join Mind Petals: Young Entrepreneur Network
If you know of others, please do send suggestions to me(at)inspirewithhope.com. Thanks.
Reply to my comments much more promptly.
I'll be working out a schedule to allow a specific time slot for replying to all the wonderful comments my lovely readers take time to leave me.
Read other blogs and leave comments on them; because "good bloggers are a part of the community of blogs".
See Marketing Profs: Daily Fix (and also The Viral Garden) for more discussion.

You: Come, join me!

Readers, here's how to support All Things Bright, should you so desire

One, tell me what you love, dis/like, loathe about All Things Bright. Send me comments & emails, feedback very welcome. In turn, I always listen and I'm going to be even more responsive.
Two, tell others about All Things Bright, so they can enjoy it too. Thanks. :)

So, what do you think?

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Not 'I need', instead 'I want' or, How to get things done, changing your perspective

Kathleen Bright — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 23:58:04 +0000

My last entry was a super long one and I'm still mulling over the ideas I expressed there. So, just a little entry today.

Following extensive reading from a variety of sources I've realised that the only way to 'make' myself do some things is to change my perception of whatever needs to be done.

I need to really want to do it.

Sometimes it's easy, I just focus on the consequences and I'll realise that really I do want to do whatever it is. But for more challenging things that I'm resistant to doing because I fear failing or because I fear succeeding, it's much more difficult.

I think I need to think of creative ways of doing this. I want to get more creative with ways of doing this because I love being creative, I love achieving things and I love solving my problems, so that's not an issue.

Hmm, interesting. *Goes off to think some more*

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Ill, please check back on Friday, 17th November

Kathleen Bright — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:53:40 +0000

I'm ill at the moment, so I'm taking the day off from posting. My sincerest apologies. In the confusion of hosting failure I neglected to update on Monday, and for this, too, I apologise.

I will be writing offline though.

Consequently, I'll be resuming updating on Friday, 17th November 2006. See you then.

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Quick post to update you on new features at All Things Bright

Kathleen Bright — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:24:00 +0000

Intermediate Blogging: Collection of useful resources, which are too advanced for absolute beginners. Includes plugins, WordPress alternatives & how-to articles – including eclectic uses of WordPress, e.g. as an online shop, or magazine
Improved 'error 404' page – you'll only see it if you try to go to a page on this site that doesn't exist
Reviews category added, for food (2) & lifehacks (1) (books coming soon)
Theme (layout, design etc.) improved, e.g. I've moved the Breast Cancer ribbon
Theme switcher installed, choose from MistyLook (current), Kubrick (the WP default) or Pinky & the Brain
Sidebar changes – 'recent posts' list moved to the bottom of the page, what do you think?
Resources links (blogging tools, entrepreneurship) added to the sidebar
Navigation improved – more links to important sites!

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Help needed to make time – please assist!

Kathleen Bright — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:53:26 +0000

I'm clearly failing in my attempts to do everything and be everything for all people at all times. I need to be more focused, and I am am working on that. In the meantime, what can I do to create more time? Any suggestions?

All ideas gratefully received!

Thanks!

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