Stacey Natal - NYC Photographer, Artist, Mentor

Archives for May 2016

Weekend Wind Down

Weekend WInd Down - Life Happens Now

Do you ever actually wind down over the weekend?  When you work from a home office most days, it’s sometimes hard to differentiate between weekday and weekend.  Other than not having to make school lunches!

I try to get up early while my girls are still sleeping to read, journal and get some work done.  If I’m doing work that doesn’t need my undivided attention (like editing photographs), I like to listen to something inspirational in the background.

This week I’ve been listening to  30 Days of Genius at CreativeLive

I can’t say enough good things about CreativeLive. I just love them!  They have tons of free online workshops in all areas of creativity and business.  I’ve watched them grow from just being about photography to branching out into so many different areas.  The great thing is you can watch for free while it’s live and then decide if you want to purchase the program to watch over and over again at your leisure.  I think I own about 7 programs so far.

The 30 Days of Genius started on Monday and goes through until May 31.  Each day photographer and entrepreneur Chase Jarvis – (he’s so cool – I met him at a B&H Photo party one year) will be interviewing a “creative genius”.

Total City Girl (Stacey Natal), Chase Jarvis

I’m a little behind but so far I watched Mark Cuban (from Shark Tank) and I’m in the middle of Seth Godin’s interview  They’ve been great so far and I’m so excited for the rest!

If you also want to be inspired, head over to the CreativeLive website and sign up to receive the daily emails with links to the interviews.

It’s also Mother’s Day weekend!  How will you be celebrating?  We’ll be going out to lunch both days.  I love going to restaurants so I’m really looking forward to it.  We’ll be trying a new place (for us)- Bar Taco.   I’ll let you know how it is.

Tell me about your weekend plans.

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Mother’s Day Gift

Mother's Day Gift - Life Happens Now

I was thinking about what I can give you as a Mother’s Day gift – something that would make  a difference in your life and help you get going  on your  new creative venture.

So – I’m offering 8 FREE 20 minute strategy sessions.

What can I help you with?

  • How to get started with a website?
  • Do you have any WordPress questions as you’re designing your blog?
  • Need ideas for content for your new blog?
  • Photography questions – how to get better images for your social media accounts?
  • How to set up your social media accounts?
  • Which social media platforms are best for your business?
  • Need help working through a block – why you can’t get yourself started even though you were originally so excited?

These are just some suggestions but if you’re interested
and it’s a topic I can help with,
click here to apply for a free strategy session.
Make sure to select FREE 20 Minute Strategy Session from the drop down list on the form.

I know for me even though I’m a mom, Mother’s Day is usually about my mom or Mother-in-law.  It may be the same for you.  We’re moms also!  So this is my gift to celebrate YOU

What are your plans for this Mother’s Day?!

Money Mindset Monday – The Millionaire Money Game

Money Mindset Monday

Hey Everyone! Hope you had a great weekend. We’re just getting over Spring Break here in NYC – so today we’re all back on our regular schedules.

Today I want to share a little game with you that I’m participating in to improve my money mindset. It’s called the Millionaire Money Game with Sandy Forster. If you’re familiar with Abraham Hicks, it’s similar to the Prosperity Game where each day you are supposed to pretend to spend a certain amount of money. It’s to get your mind in the game of having fun spending on yourself, and more importantly knowing that there’s more to come.

You may notice in your own life when money comes in, you may want to hold tight to it because you don’t know when the next amount will be coming in. Sound familiar?  As creative entrepreneurs, we don’t always have the luxury of a steady income. It could be feast or famine. (I’m working on that part also but will write about that in a separate post.)

I think this will be a fun exercise. I warn you it’s kind of woo woo involving Law of Attraction but if I’m willing to play (a cynical non woo woo NYer) then you can too!   If you’re game you can go to the site and sign up here:

http://millionairemoneygame.com/

She goes through the whole theory behind it.

I signed up today and got my first email with instructions to “virtually” spend $1000.  It was fun coming up with a list of what I would do with the money and the feelings associated with it.

If you decide to play let me know here along with how you’re spending the money and what feelings come up for you at each level.

Have Fun!

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