Lisa Kercher

Changing My Mind About Bus Fare

Six minute read It’s okay to change your mind! It’s great actually. Adam Grant wrote a whole book about it. And I wrote a whole blog about it. But on a truly specific, niche, and on brand subject: paying for train fare. FIRST A STORY I have in the recent past, been reluctant to payContinueContinue reading “Changing My Mind About Bus Fare”

Lessons from a Season of CSA

3 Lessons from a Season of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Wayyyyy back in May I signed up for a summer of salad boxes from a local farm. I’ve been hearing for years – and rightly so – that CSAs or other types of ongoing food services direct from farmers are great ways to support theContinueContinue reading “Lessons from a Season of CSA”

Hosting a Climate Grief Group

How to host a climate grief group for your friends First tip: you don’t have to be a therapist to lead this! As the environment (and world in general) get more and more terrifying, the BIG FEELINGS can become overwhelming. When I saw the recent photos of the hurricane aftermath in the eastern U.S., orContinueContinue reading “Hosting a Climate Grief Group”

How To Declutter Your Craft Supplies

How to declutter your craft supplies – without losing your noodle The universe is laughing at me. Or it’s just my phone listening to me again (you know it’s true). I sold my much loved but oversized elliptical on Kijiji, painted some old plywood for future shelves, and discussed future basement craft storage with myContinueContinue reading “How To Declutter Your Craft Supplies”

Getting Everything and Nothing Done

Getting everything and nothing done, and then turning it into a meetup! This is another Big Idea turned into a Real Life Meetup! I had been dabbling in body doubling last year (wow that’s a sentence) and thought it would be great if we could host it on a schedule so folks could add itContinueContinue reading “Getting Everything and Nothing Done”

Who Do You Need to Meet?

The topic of this blog was prompted by a marketing email I received a few months ago. The subject line was: “who do you need to meet?” The email was short and sweet, and all business. And it’s desired audience was small business owners who were looking for new connections to clients, partners, or forContinueContinue reading “Who Do You Need to Meet?”

Radical (admin) Work

I am a member of a national administrative professionals organisation. That doesn’t mean much right now for me, other than I get a discount on the courses they offer! I signed up because I feel very undervalued and underutilised in my current admin position, and I wanted to both level up my skills and meetContinueContinue reading “Radical (admin) Work”