Creatives-in-progress
you are welcome here
This is for the business owner exploring ideas. The curious accountant asking ‘what if we…?’. People on the path to figuring things out.
ABOUT KAREN
My creative beginnings
My story began with a love of creativity and an accountant qualification. Together, they led to the creation and success of PF, the creative agency working exclusively for and with accountants.
My passion is for leading a team of creatives to help accountants realise they too are creative, and for collaboratively working with accountants in their marketing. Everything I learned in twenty years of helping accountants understand and love marketing formed the core content of my book, The Accountant Marketer.
I’m a qualified accountant (a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Arizona) and a dual British-American citizen living in Scotland. We are PF serves accountants anywhere on the globe, so I lead a team working from locations all over the world, including South Africa, Argentina, Hungary, UK, and the USA.
My two personal values, the ones that guide everything I do, are freedom and honesty.
My personal pillars include whisky, coffee, faith, walking, and magic.
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They are coming.
#lordoftherings #fellowshipofthering #thenazgûl #ringwraiths #getofftheroad #frodobaggins #thering
Jul 26
100 consecutive days of video: DONE!!!
I’ve stuck to my challenge. I haven’t missed a single day. And now I get to start the reflections.
I’ve made a real effort not to over-reflect early: but to focus on getting the challenge done. Then I can look back and see what I’ve learned, how it’s impacted me and my business, and what I’ll take from it for future videos.
Here are just a few of my initial learnings:
1. Plan the video. The earlier in the day I shoot it or consider what it will be, the easier and smoother everything goes
2. Capture little bits of video throughout the day (or days) to be used with a theme later. One second, ten second, one minute videos came in really handy when I did a compilation video - of walking, or water, or travels, or working.
3. Being “on” every day - being present on social media and not missing a single day for 100 days - is bloody hard. I am really looking forward to being able to not open instagram if I don’t want to. And I’ll look forward to falling asleep at 11pm without the gasp of “did I do my video today???”
4. I’m really grateful. For all I’ve learned and seen and heard and experienced and shared: and for how it will impact my future videos.
Thank you for being with me on the journey. ❤️
#100dayvideochallenge #100days #justkeepgoing #doneanddusted #finish #challengecompleted #nailedit #video #progress #learnings #businessowner
Day 100/100 Video Challenge
Jun 11
There’s something about water I find so soothing and invigorating at the same time.
#100dayvideochallenge #100days #water #sea #isleofmull #refreshing
Day 99/100 Video Challenge
Jun 10
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The journey so far
You are creative too
Maybe you’re not much for drawing or painting or sketching or even writing. But when you think about problem solving and curiosity, it’s a little easier to believe in your own creativity.
You’re a creative person if you have a curious, open mind. Willing to ask questions and see things differently. It can be a bit of a mess, like a child with crayons just going all over the page and outside the lines and maybe even onto the table. (Or wall.) You try something, and maybe it works – and maybe it doesn’t. But you’re on the path to figuring it all out.
