Life happens in the uncomfortable.
The view from the floor, surrounded by dogs, coffee and adderall.
Hey, I'm Bode.
Writer of musings.
Thanks for swinging by to check out my dogs, my ideas, my super fresh perspective and all the things that annoy me in life.
I can’t wait to share all the things you never knew you needed to know.
Have You Heard?
8THIRTYFOUR Integrated Communications.
We’re going to tell you your site is bad, your messaging is jargon, and stock photography from the 90s is burning our eyes. A trifold will not get you a client, and cold calling makes people hate you.
We do the kind of work people remember—and the kind of relationships built to last.
Pick a category:
It’s the work no one notices or thanks you for. It’s evenings and weekends spent cleaning, organizing, filing, fixing, moving, and trying to catch up.
It’s calling the City because your garbage can is missing a lid, or waiting for the security company to come because there is a fault in your system, it’s shoveling the sidewalk every morning and weekends...it’s replacing bulbs in lights, scrubbing scuff marks off walls, washing windows...and it’s never ending.
Small business ownership is really hard, all-consuming, and only other owners truly get it. #personalbranding #smallbusiness
Saturday office days, @8thirtyfour all decked out, Lessons from Bobby by Chris Matthews and a happy hour with the family I chose.
Say no. This is your reminder to make space for you; protect your mental health. You are not responsible for anyone else’s happiness.
Important announcement: I have brought the bangs back.
This announcement is brought to you by early 2000s Bode.
I started out with a blessing, then I explained how much bigger mine is than the patriarchy and then we got uncomfortable discussing systemic gender bias in lending.
Our first Uncomfortable Community Conversation did exactly what I hoped - acknowledged the issue, gave voice to the stories, and we recognized the power WOSBs have when we stop being nice and start getting real. If you’re not with us, you’re against us and we won’t tolerate the discrimination and double standards.
Speaking of bias, let’s talk about lending. WEDNESDAY - November 19th, @rebelnell - RSVP at the link in my profile.
Keep being loud, ladies. Keep making them uncomfortable. Tear through every room they told you wasn’t yours. Take up more space than they ever imagined possible—and watch the mediocre men shrink to fit the corners they built for everyone else
Any time I can share my infinite wisdom from my 46 years on this earth…I’m all about it.
@b.razor.scharp gave me access to his Gen Z @calvinuniversity class to tell them why they need to give a F about personal branding and why they need to own their weird and share it with the world. We need it.
