In this episode we interview Carly Jacobs.

Carly Jacobs

Carly is a blogger, writer and presenter. She's the founder of Smaggle.com - a blog that teaches people how to be the star of their of their own lives. She also teaches blogging workshops through her blog school Little Blog Big and she's one half of two podcast duos - Straight and Curly for life improvement junkies and Sweet Teen Club which is mainly about Sweet Valley High book but also general child of the 80s nostalgia culture.

In this episode we discussed

Flowers in the Attic, Degrassi and other awesome 80s and 90s books and TV shows

what Smaggle means

being a star of your own life

asking for what you want

being a teacher

doing a 12 month road trip around the USA

camping

having a business wife

benefits of collaborating

meeting people over the internet and hoping no one is a serial killer (!)

how Carly met her partner (best meeting story EVER!)

practical tips on how to get stuff done

the benefit of using timers

setting incentives to achieve goals

Resources discussed in the show

#goscreenfree

Straight and Curly podcast

Sweet Teen Club

Blog post - being a star of your own life

The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer

The Art of the Ask, TEDtalk by Amanda Palmer

Sean Wes Podcast

Little Blog Big

Veggiemana

A Life Less Frantic

Asana

Timepage