Author: AmyGilpin

A Simple Solution?

Recently a book I was reading said the key to losing weight is drinking more water and eating less. The author pointed out that it really is that simple. Cut

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Pseudo Busy

December is my month to rest. I don’t take it off, and I still go to work almost every day, but I slow down and enjoy things a little more.

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Alone in the Storm

Over the last couple months, I’ve had some deals that were real doozies- the kind where if someone asks you what’s going on, it’s so complicated that it would take

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One Client at a Time

As we were standing outside a $750,000 property, my photographer said something to me that I will never forget. She said, “Last week you hired me to do a shoot

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Snapshot

Ever have one of those deals that when you add up all the time you spent on it, you know you are in the negative with the commission earned? Of

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It’s Weird

I had heard that the recession in Michigan would last five years, and we were in year two. And because we were young and crazy, my colleague and I decided

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You Just Do

Just recently on a Sunday morning, I was sitting in my bedroom crying. I was crying because I was absolutely and utterly exhausted. Exhausted from “creating my job” every day;

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Swift Kick…

Years ago, one of my friends asked me to be on her Board of Directors. She didn’t understand my hesitation and confusion. “What Board of Directors? You don’t own a

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Speak with Courage

So… I kind of told some ladies to “Shut the f up” after my fitness class. They never stopped talking throughout the entire session. I heard every word… for an

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F is Failure for All

My son got an F. AN F!!! On his REPORT CARD! To say I was angry is an understatement. He struggles with turning in assignments on time, but at no

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