Living the life I love: the Abundant Content story

Abundant Content came about because, quite simply, there were needs.

I began this business because I lived in a beautiful, rural mountain town full of dreamy idealists. Living far from urban business centers, many of us had to come up with creative ways to make a living. Hence, small businesses abounded but as we tried to get the word out, we wound up wallowing in buzzwords, webinars, multiple social media accounts, and blogging (stuff nobody warned us about before we hit the ground running). We spent more time on social media than doing what we were actually good at doing: running non-profits, building cabinets, operating a small press, coaching people on how to have better love lives, growing rare cacti, making fantastic sauerkraut or hawking fancy worm composting systems (just a short list). And in the end it turned out I actually liked doing all this stuff – even more than owning a storefront retail business in town!

The clients I choose to work with are select creatives, academics, small businesses and non-profits and they hail from all over the world: they are people doing interesting and ethical things that want to stay focused on doing that, and people who want a helping hand and a guiding light through places like “dark social” (that’s totally a thing, yes, and no, it’s not actually scary). I have years of technical, editorial and project management experience behind me.

I bet you’re here because…

Probably the thing you came here to find out is whether or not I can actually write. Well, I can, and I do. I’m also a full-time student again these days so basically, this is all I do. As an American Studies scholar, the amount of reading, listening, watching, and writing about American history and culture needs to be seen to be believed. 

A few fun facts about me:

I will always believe that life is a grand adventure. Since the early nineties, I’ve worked in advertising, technology, jewelry design, writing and agriculture. In 2004, I gave up my “career” life in New York City to write and explore, work on organic farms, renovate a backpacker hostel in Guatemala, open a children’s consignment shop and other wild and daring pursuits. In 2011, I had a baby, perhaps my most daring pursuit thus far (she’s a pretty rad little human, gotta say). In 2020, she bravely moved 3100 miles across the country with me so I could attend Smith College. I’m in my junior year as an Ada Comstock (non-traditional) scholar and I am here on full scholarship.

You know how every once in a while you come across one of those 93-year-old fashion icons and dance floor ragers? That will be me. That is me. In fact, when the pandemic began and I was stuck in the middle of nowhere I decided to learn how to DJ. I was 46 when that started. I’m not horrible for a beginner. Who knows, maybe by 65 I’ll headline in Ibiza.

Here’s a secret:

Originally I wrote the copy for this website using the “royal we” (otherwise known as the “majestic plural”). Thing is, as I’ve said, I’m an honest person with transparent business practices, and I know that much of my business comes from who I am, personally, and what I produce. Thus, I scrapped all that “majestic plural” business — I’m confident in my capabilities, so why the heck shouldn’t I just shout it from the proverbial rooftop? I’m a one-woman show with great reviews.

This is not to say there aren’t other people involved. I’ve got a nice network of other independent contractors I call in when necessary.

I keep things very simple at Abundant Content – it’s easier to manage, affords me more time to spend with my family/outside/making music/studying/writing, and I’m provided with a steady stream of enjoyable work from interesting people who do great things and are excited to work with me. Because of this, I’m fortunate to do what I love and earn a living producing an abundance of quality content and helping others bring abundance more fully into their lives.

It should all make sense now. 

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You may encounter them here, predominantly on my blog. Earnings from them generally go toward textbooks and shoes for a kid who won’t stop growing.

Since you made it this far…

Let’s connect! Abundant Content is on Facebook and LinkedIn, and has a mailing list.  

About my logo

My logo was designed by Charlotte Rohner. We met on Simbi.com, which is, among other things, a place to exchange goods and services with other goods and services – an alternative currency system, if you will. Charlotte was easy to work with and saw and executed my vision quickly and with an extremely professional process. She’s amazing!