Listable Life

27 Feb 2012

5 Ways to Lose Readers

I'm not a stickler for rules. In my opinion some rules were meant to be broken: In terms of photography, the rule of composition can be broken and you can still score a beautiful photo; In terms of design, some fonts that are just "not useable" can be used to create something great (unless we're talking about Comic Sans....because, let's face it, unless your three, that font is just a no-no) In terms of parenting, who ever decided that jumping on the bed and blowing milk bubbles was … [Read more...]

30 Jan 2012

5 Things Every Blogger Should Know

By Courtney 16 Comments

I started blogging in college. Make when MySpace was the cool thing and you could decorate your profile using crazy neon color schemes and backgrounds. Some of my sorority sisters read it and offered feedback, so I felt like a real accomplished writer. Then, when Little Man was born in 2008, I started another blog (like so many others) as a way to keep our family posted on what was going on with him and with our family. When I realized that they weren't reading it but that other people were, … [Read more...]

23 Jan 2012

6 Things I’d Tell a Younger Me

By Courtney 30 Comments

It's no secret around here that I absolutely hated high school. I spent most of my time wishing that I could change myself...my circumstances...my life. Looking back now at both my high school career and my life as a "tween" (isn't that the current term for that almost a teenager phase?) I wish I could go back and tell that girl a few things; share a few older woman insights and perhaps cut back some of that grief and heartache. All of those girls who walk around acting like they are better … [Read more...]