There is a time and place for doing more than what is asked of you in order to get ahead. But it’s also so vital to give ourselves permission to simply show up as is.

Wit & Delight

18.03.2024

How to Increase Productivity with the Pomodoro Technique | Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

The Pomodoro Technique: time blocking with a much more colorful name. Set a timer for 25 minutes and focus on ONE THING.

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13.05.2023

Kate Arends Interview: A Peek Into the Life of W&D's Founder

A Kate Arends interview, including what a typical day in her life looks like, what she's looking forward to, and more.

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23.03.2023

Project Management Tips That Work for Me | Wit & Delight

I'm sharing eight tried and true project management tips to help you get started and make progress on your next endeavor.

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08.08.2022

Weekly Work Routine | Wit & Delight

Today I'm sharing a peek into my typical (yet flexible) weekly work routine, structured by the key focus items each day.

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08.06.2022

Work From Home Tips: 8 Adjustments to Transform the Way You Work

Today we're sharing 8 work from home tips that have the power to transform the way you work. Give them a try for yourself!

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

A Peek Into the Life of Founder and Creative Director, Kate Arends

For new and longtime readers alike, today's post covers my background, what a typical day in my life looks like, what I'm looking forward to, and more.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

The Pomodoro Technique and How It Increases Productivity

Looking for a different approach to help you stay on track throughout the day? The Pomodoro Technique may be just the ticket.

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20.05.2022

Kate's 7 Pieces of Advice for How to Make a Career Change - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Navigating this path can be overwhelming, exhausting, and oftentimes feels impossible. Here are some tips to help you along the way:

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20.05.2022

How You Can Use Social Media to Jump-Start Your Creative Career

I'm breaking down exactly how I built a creative career from the ground up, along with strategies you can use to do the same.

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20.05.2022

Meet Team W&D: Shop W&D Fulfillment Manager, Zoe Vossen - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Zoe is sharing how persistence landed her a job at W&D, what a day in her life looks like, and how she spends her free time.

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20.05.2022

7 Ways to up Your Creativity This Year - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Whether you want to start a creative business or write a screenplay, here are some tips to psych yourself up and hone your creative skills.

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20.05.2022

Meet Team W&D: Editorial Director, Jackie Saffert - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Today we're sharing Jackie's backstory, from her nonlinear career trajectory to advice she has for others to her favorite way to spend free time.

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20.05.2022

8 Skillshare Classes to Inspire and Teach You a New Skill Right Now - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

One of the ways I'm keeping my brain focused these days (and away from the anxiety spirals I'm prone to) is by setting out to learn new skills.

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20.05.2022

10 Home Office Tools That Help Me Get Things Done | Wit & Delight

Today I’m sharing some of the home office tools that help me remove friction and get things done, and exactly why I love them.

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20.05.2022

9 Tips for Getting Hired in a Tough Economy - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Maggie LaMaack is sharing her best tips for finding a job right now. Hopefully, her decade of learning, luck, and missteps can help you find your way.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

8 Simple Adjustments That Can Transform the Way You Work

Maggie LaMaack is sharing the 8 changes she's implemented over the course of the past 6 months that have transformed the way she works from home.

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20.05.2022

My Secret to Productivity: Follow Your Energy. It Works. - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

I’ve finally found the secret sauce. I’ve untangled my busy brain, my workload, and my ambition into one simple rule of productivity: Follow your energy.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

How to Increase Productivity with the Pomodoro Technique - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Time blocking with a much more colorful name. Set a timer for 25 minutes, and in those 25 minutes, focus on ONE THING. No multitasking. No coffee break.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

Mentoring and Relying on the Kindness of Strangers Advanced My Career - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

I'm writing about the importance of mentorship in building a career, and a campaign that's offering grant money to small-business owners.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

The Best 3 Lessons Learned From All My Past Jobs

Contributor Kate Smith has a whole host of insight she's garnered throughout her career, and today she's passing along the 3 best career lessons to you.

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20.05.2022

How to Start a Project and Make Progress on It: 8 Helpful Tips

Today I'm sharing eight tried and true tips for how to start a project, creative or otherwise, and keep making progress on it over time.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

Wit & Delight Is Hiring! - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

We're hiring a part-time assistant editor to join our editorial team, as well as writers to join our team of contributors.

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20.05.2022

Why We Must Stop Allowing Our Career to Define Our Identity - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Why we must stop allowing our career to define our identity. I encourage you to take some time and ask yourself the following questions.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

How to Batch Your Work, Be Successful, and Liberate Your Leisure Mind

Today we're walking through the process of batching your work — how it can help you be more productive and successful, and have more leisure time to boot.

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20.05.2022

Writers Weigh in on Their Messy Routines That Help Them Get Stuff Done

Brittany Chaffee is sharing how your messy routines can help you get stuff done, no matter how unorganized your schedule may be.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

The Unasked-For Advice I've Learned to Love | Wit & Delight

Today we're sharing five favorite pieces of unsolicited advice that have turned out to be very useful nuggets of wisdom indeed.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

Managing the Anxiety That Comes from Constant Communication: A Wit & Delight Roundtable - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

We took the opportunity to chat with three influential women in the Twin Cities to find out how they manage the constant pressure to communicate.

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20.05.2022

Meet Team W&D: Designer Extraordinaire, Raquel Benedict - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Raquel is one of the talented eyes behind what makes the W&D aesthetic cohesive, beautiful, and, well, delightful.

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20.05.2022

Meet Team W&D: Brand Director, Bridgette Dutkowski - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Meet Wit & Delight's behind-the-scenes warrior. Bridgette works with sponsors and on projects galore, and helps move W&D in the right direction every day.

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20.05.2022

Work-Life Balance: Here's How to Change the Way You Think About It

I'm approaching work-life balance in a way that feels more manageable and that makes space in my life for more delight and less stress.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

What I Learned About Running an E-commerce Business for the First Time - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Today I'm sharing a few things I learned setting up Shop Wit & Delight, our e-commerce business.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

A Conversation on Building Your Brand with Jen Olmstead of Tonic Site Shop - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

I am so excited to be sharing my conversation with Jen Olmstead, Lead Designer and Creative Director at Tonic Site Shop.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

5 Convincing Ways to Apply for a Job Even When You're Not Qualified

When it comes to job applications, the advice I’m giving myself is that I am qualified enough. If the work sounds interesting, why not apply?

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

The Benefits of Taking a Nonlinear Career Path | Wit & Delight

My career path hasn't followed a linear trajectory. The same may be true for you. Here's why that could actually be a good thing.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

Meet Team W&D: New Business Director, Erin Hamilton - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Today we're sharing Erin's backstory, from her winding career trajectory to career advice she has for others to her favorite way to spend free time.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

From IDK to IRL: Discovering, Defining, and Developing Your Big Ideas - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

I'm excited to share with you my latest Skillshare class, one that's all about discovering, defining, and developing your Big Idea!

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20.05.2022

10 Things No One Told Me About Having a Career - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

From "You're going to have to be mouthier" to "A job doesn't equal identity," Brittany Chaffee is sharing the most surprising things about having a career.

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20.05.2022

The Benefits of Creating a New Routine for Yourself | Wit & Delight

Jill Elliott is sharing how she revamped her routine to blend the productivity and comfort of a schedule with the play and intuition of an art practice.

Wit & Delight

20.05.2022

Get Unstuck: 4 Practical Suggestions to Help You Do It | Wit & Delight

Here are four effective suggestions to help you get unstuck and keep moving forward, no matter what life throws at you.

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Can We Still Be Good Enough If We Don't Overcompensate? | Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

How to Increase Productivity with the Pomodoro Technique | Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Kate Arends Interview: A Peek Into the Life of W&D's Founder

Project Management Tips That Work for Me | Wit & Delight

Weekly Work Routine | Wit & Delight

Work From Home Tips: 8 Adjustments to Transform the Way You Work

A Peek Into the Life of Founder and Creative Director, Kate Arends

The Pomodoro Technique and How It Increases Productivity

Kate's 7 Pieces of Advice for How to Make a Career Change - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

How You Can Use Social Media to Jump-Start Your Creative Career

Meet Team W&D: Shop W&D Fulfillment Manager, Zoe Vossen - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

7 Ways to up Your Creativity This Year - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Meet Team W&D: Editorial Director, Jackie Saffert - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

8 Skillshare Classes to Inspire and Teach You a New Skill Right Now - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

10 Home Office Tools That Help Me Get Things Done | Wit & Delight

9 Tips for Getting Hired in a Tough Economy - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

8 Simple Adjustments That Can Transform the Way You Work

My Secret to Productivity: Follow Your Energy. It Works. - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

How to Increase Productivity with the Pomodoro Technique - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Mentoring and Relying on the Kindness of Strangers Advanced My Career - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

The Best 3 Lessons Learned From All My Past Jobs

How to Start a Project and Make Progress on It: 8 Helpful Tips

Wit & Delight Is Hiring! - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Why We Must Stop Allowing Our Career to Define Our Identity - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

How to Batch Your Work, Be Successful, and Liberate Your Leisure Mind

Writers Weigh in on Their Messy Routines That Help Them Get Stuff Done

The Unasked-For Advice I've Learned to Love | Wit & Delight

Managing the Anxiety That Comes from Constant Communication: A Wit & Delight Roundtable - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Meet Team W&D: Designer Extraordinaire, Raquel Benedict - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Meet Team W&D: Brand Director, Bridgette Dutkowski - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

Work-Life Balance: Here's How to Change the Way You Think About It

What I Learned About Running an E-commerce Business for the First Time - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

A Conversation on Building Your Brand with Jen Olmstead of Tonic Site Shop - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

5 Convincing Ways to Apply for a Job Even When You're Not Qualified

The Benefits of Taking a Nonlinear Career Path | Wit & Delight

Meet Team W&D: New Business Director, Erin Hamilton - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

From IDK to IRL: Discovering, Defining, and Developing Your Big Ideas - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

10 Things No One Told Me About Having a Career - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

The Benefits of Creating a New Routine for Yourself | Wit & Delight

Get Unstuck: 4 Practical Suggestions to Help You Do It | Wit & Delight

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