Solopreneurs: How to Write an Authentic About Page

September 1, 2016 Stacy Firth

Solopreneurs: Keep these points in mind as you craft an "About" page that both feels like you AND helps grow your business.

Hey there! I’m Stacy.
Some days, I'm a copywriter and content strategist. But every day, I'm a writer. I write to explore life (and myself), to find glimpses of truth, and to create connection-- between myself and the world, and between ideas, people, and things. Learn more.

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The Blessed Unrest

In the biography of her friend and famous choreographer Martha Graham, dancer and choreographer Agnes de Mille recounts a conversation the two had about their fledgling careers.

“No artist is pleased,” said Graham.

de Mille responded, I imagine a bit worried, “But then there is no satisfaction?”

“No satisfaction whatever at any time,” Graham reinforced.

Limo Bus

The day I got married, we had our pictures taken in a beautiful park full of open fields and stone walls, giant trees and small ponds. While we were taking pictures at the park, our limo bus broke down.

This Word Will Save You

Or, at least, it might. Maybe.

Disaster Prep

According to FEMA, there are four phases of emergency management. Although I couldn’t have named them then, I practiced the first two for years, my own desperate religion: mitigation and preparedness.

New essay up on the blog. This is especially pertinent to all the moms & dads out there right now (and even more especially if parenting is your seriously full-time gig at the moment). I see you.⁠
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Find it at stacyfirth.com⁠
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Listen.
Listen.
The world is trying to tell you something. 
There are messages in the dragonflies that seem to follow you everywhere, in the way the wind whips up at just the right moment, in the clock showing you the same time when you wake e

40 days into being at home, and I've cycled through all the emotions. What I'm experiencing is small in comparison to what's happening in the world. With the kids no longer going to school, I've lost my writing time. Jason & I had planned that th

Who knew that all the crazy grays were little strands of liberation?
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Fully reserving my right to change my mind on this at any time but right now@it feels like freedom and zero fucks being given, and I am here for it.
#grombre #goinggreygracefully

It was a true joy to write this essay for @motherhustle this month. The theme was failure, and last year taught me a lot about that. Writing this made me realize that I feel really clear about everything I've learned. And that I'm, always, still danc

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