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About Me Picture | Writing Between Pauses

Hi! I'm Michelle, the mom, writer, & blogger behind Writing Between Pauses. I live in Oregon with my husband and two children, as well as our chocolate lab. I love writing, Instagram, podcasts, & drinking coffee. 

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3 things I WISH I had learned from my first year of freelancing: ⁠ ⁠ 🌻 how to be super rich and never have to work again ⁠ 🌻 how to have that "clients knocking down my door to work with me" feeling that somehow every ~bossbabe~ with a bus
I use my bullet journal primarily as just that: a journal. A place to keep track of things I did and more. I have really simplified by process for making my monthly layouts and weekly pages. ⁠ ⁠ This month's July spread is one of my favorites in a wh
Today marks 7 years (!!!!) since Danny & I got married. In 7 years, Danny & I have experienced: ⁠ ⁠ 🌻 2 moves⁠ 🌻 5 jobs for me, 3 jobs for Danny⁠ 🌻 1 pregnancy⁠ 🌻 1 hilarious, funny little boy named Forrest⁠ ⁠ There is really no one else
We had a great weekend trip away--but now it's Monday and I feel like I have *so* much work to catch up on. ⁠ ⁠ This week, I'm catching up on client work, plus planning my July content for my blog. What are you working on this week? ⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ ⁠ #
Happy Father's Day to a gentle Pisces who unfortunately has to spend his life with 2 melodramatic Libras. ⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #happyfathersday #fathersdaygift #fathers #dadsday #parentlife #igmotherhood #myhonestmotherhood #motherhoodquotes #workingmommag
Happy Friday! ⁠🏔🏔🏔⁠ •⁠ •⁠ •⁠ •⁠ #discoverunder2k #discoverunder3k #eugenebloggers #mykindofcontent #coldbrewcoffee #lovecoffee #lovecoffee #finddailyhygge #slowdownwithstills #thatauthenticfeeling #slowsimpleseasonal #momentsco
What's the hardest part of being a freelance worker, you ask? ⁠ ⁠ Admin. Accounting. Invoicing. ⁠ ⁠ I hate it. It's my least favorite thing to do. I take a lot of pride in the process I've scraped together in the last few months, but it's a chore for
People often ask me what it's like working in a creative profession. ⁠ ⁠ Writing has always been my passion and my number 1 hobby--but what happened when I turned it into my job? ⁠ ⁠ And now, as a freelancer, how do I keep from being burnt out when I
🎉 Tomorrow I'll be posting the last post of my routine-focused blog series. ⁠ ⁠ I'm a big believer in having a routine, doing the same things at certain parts of the day to give me focus. Think of routines less as schedules and more as the backbone
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