I launched my startup business in September 2009. There are actually 3 sites to my business – my personal site, my services site and my teaching\/networking site. Combined, they provide solutions for online success in web design and development, web hosting, website security and maintenance, SEO and analytics, online marketing and WordPress instruction. I am a firm believer that education does not and should not start or end with formal education, ie. school. In fact, I believe that the only way to continue to grow and move from where I am to where I want to be \u2013 to reach my goals, to become all that I want to become, to improve myself \u2013 is to never stop learning. Therefore, I am a perpetual student and my course of study is life. As my business evolved and I became better at being an entrepreneur while building my freelance business, I realized the importance of having a life outside and away from the technology that I love. Working long hours and being very sedentary began to have an effect on my family relationships and perhaps even more frightening, my health. In either case, I had to be the one to change. My long-term goals have always been to be able to work from home and spend my time doing all of the things I love to do (work included), when I want to do them. This meant learning how to balance my work and my life \u2013 even though work is a big part of my life. Interestingly, what I learned is that I can implement my business into my life, and my life into my business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I launched my startup business in September 2009. There are actually 3 sites to my business – my personal site, my services site and my teaching\/networking site. Combined, they provide solutions for online success in web design and development, web hosting, website security and maintenance, SEO and analytics, online marketing and WordPress instruction. I am … <\/p>\n