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I’m going to be selfish for once… or am I?

by Elisabeth Demeter | Aug 3, 2026 | Purposeful Work

A balancing act between self-care, self-respect, shame, and the Greater Good Even though I’ve been using the phrase “I’m selfish” for most of my life, it’s become increasingly apparent to me over the past few months whenever I’ve said, “I’m going to be selfish today...

Purposeful work does not follow a pattern

by Elisabeth Demeter | Nov 20, 2025 | Purposeful Work

Why most of the business and marketing strategies out there don’t work for a lot of us. I have been self-employed for seven years. But self-employed as what? I cannot answer that question clearly. There have been IT projects, website management, translation,...

DON’T turn your hobby into a business

by Elisabeth Demeter | Nov 11, 2025 | Purposeful Work

With all the talk about “Soul-business” (or whatever it may be called) we often hear that we should turn what we really enjoy doing into our profession or business. However, this message should be taken with a grain of salt. But why? The story of the cookies Recently,...

The tale about followers

by Elisabeth Demeter | Oct 7, 2025 | Purposeful Work

As soon as we start thinking about becoming self-employed, we are bombarded with advertising on social media. Then we quickly get the following message (directly or indirectly): “Are you self-employed as someone who offers their services over the internet? Well...

Self-employment is the death of enthusiasm

by Elisabeth Demeter | Aug 29, 2025 | Purposeful Work, We & the World

I have been self-employed since 2018. But I have only really felt that way for the last 1-2 years. And since then, I have slowly realized how the enthusiasm I originally had for this venture died the moment I wanted to make something of it. Where it was no longer...

I have it all figured out…

by Elisabeth Demeter | Apr 26, 2023 | Purposeful Work, We & the World

A story of finding your truth, calling bullshit on some stories of others, and going into a deep place of humility. We all know those people, both on social media and in real life, that seem like they have it all figured out. They seem to have it all. They seem to be...