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This playful and informative blog article I just stumbled upon would say so…

It’s got some good tips and it’s fun to read. Of course it says staying up and working late isn’t a good idea. Ummmm… it’s 4:30am and I’m still chugging along.

I’m working on it! You should too. Enjoy this article over at 1stWebDesigner.com:

Click Here to Read “10 Most Common Health Hazards of Freelancing”

An Example Landing Page

Imagine this scenario…

You’ve just landed a sweet advertising deal that’s going to drive heaps of targeted prospects your way. Oh joy! Can you taste sweet victory yet? Except… you’ve told your advertisers to send their traffic to your website home page. Or your blog home page. Or… *gasp* your contact form {oh the horror!}.

All that advertising. And all that dead silence.

Where are all the new leads? Why aren’t prospects banging down your door?

Because you didn’t drive them to a targeted landing page that delivered exactly what they were looking for in that moment. (Yep, on top of being superhuman in your ability to deliver services you’re supposed to read their minds too.)

So let’s remedy this pronto so you never have to suffer this scenario *again*.

This is a hard post for me to write. I’m sparking right now like a five-month old Christmas tree still lit. {READ: Fire Hazard}

A little boy in Uganda died last week of AIDS. What sucks is that’s nothing new. What sucks more is he was the brother of one of our scholarship girls at Just Like My Child Foundation (the non profit I work with) and the son of Florence – one of the women we care closely for.

His Name Was George…

Dena Lewerke, the Country Director on the ground in Uganda wrote a letter sharing her account of George’s passing and his mother’s turmoil. I’m sharing it here because… well for so many reasons. I sat here at my desk, tears streaming down my face, reading what I’m about to share with you. Little George didn’t have to die. His mother Florence shouldn’t be forced to fend for herself in extreme poverty without parents, the father of her children, or any hope of sustainable income. Most of all I’m upset because Florence’s circumstances are heart rending. And they’re happening to something like 80% of the women in developing nations like Uganda.

I’m not going to sit here and say that we have it so good here in the west and shouldn’t complain about our lives in the face of such tragedies. We’re all human and when I stub my toe I’m gonna cry about it. But this is serious. Poverty is real and it hurts and worst of all – it can be successfully eradicated – but few are doing what it takes (when it doesn’t take all that much).

How can you live longer, release weight, reverse aging and eradicate illness from your body and your life… all without destroying your passion for food and your love of life?

This is a question I’ve struggled with for some time. I’ve come to different answers here and there… tried this or that out.

What I’ve learned? There are no easy answers. Each of us brings our own set of challenges to the table. We each focus on different results or needs that we want or have.

However I want to share with you some amazing superfood and superherb tonic and smoothie recipes that have deeply impacted my life. These easy-to-make drinks require nothing but a blender, a way to heat up water (preferably without a microwave), and a few superfoods… and I’ll tell you just where to get them for the best price.

What is a “Superfood” or “Superherb?” Coined by alternative health expert and raw foodist David Wolfe, a superfood is any food that is off-the-charts in nutrition, medicinal properties and health-fortifying benefits compared to 99% of their sister foods. For example, wouldn’t you like to know the three fruits that will deliver the most bang for your buck… the two herbs that, were you to take nothing else ever, would give such a boost to your overall immunity and health, that you’d lack for nothing? There are also superfoods that are highly specific, such as what to take if you want to reverse gray hair, detoxify your liver, or repair the elasticity of your skin (yep, get rid of wrinkles!).

Basically, superfoods ROCK. I can’t tell you everything in this one little post, but I’ll give you a quick primer for the foods, herbs and technologies (and where to get them) that I’ve recently found helpful to me. I’ll continue to post recipes, resources, and discoveries in the future as I come across them.