by Clarissa | Jul 31, 2018 | Professional Life, Work
It’s been a long while since I blogged publicly. I have all of these posts in the queue or in drafts but it doesn’t feel right to post them now. “What’s feelings got to do with it?” Everything. I feel people can sense if I’m posting just to post or if I mean what I...
by Clarissa | Jun 21, 2017 | Branding, Professional Life
“Dang! She has millions of views. I need to start posting more.” Stop. You’re about to go down a dangerous path of doing too much. When you focus on traffic for content, you neglect quality. Yes, you’re putting quantity over quality and it will...
by Clarissa | Oct 12, 2016 | Professional Life
In blogging, I tend to *cringe* at some rules, like finding your “niche” before you start.” Fellow bloggers, don’t hate me. I know the advice is to mean well, and I do get your point. I also don’t completely disagree with this rule. If you’re...
by Clarissa | Mar 3, 2016 | Professional Life
My first blog (ever) was on Xanga. Kicking it old school, I wrote about my little college freshman issues, the “boy” I liked, the song of the moment, feelings, etc. It had that really cool animated background and the autoplay of my song of the moment (usually Coldplay...
by Clarissa | Nov 2, 2015 | Culture
When I was in first grade, one of my Pakistani classmates had “drawings” on her hands. She had two older sisters who had those same “drawings.” They were beautiful! I assumed, they were just doodles because why and how would I know better? Her sister later told me...