Around here you’ll find practical marketing advice, honest business lessons, bookish content, productivity tips, and glimpses into my life behind the scenes.
Whether I’m talking about branding, books, or organizing my closet by color, my goal is simple: to help you build a business and life that you genuinely enjoy.
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i’m Marin: marketer, hobby collector, and amateur aquarist 🐟
I’m a never-niche. There are dozens of us! (Arrested Development fans know.) For years, I tried to niche my business down because everyone said I should. But every time I squeezed myself into one tiny box, I felt like I had to leave part of myself outside.
So I said screw it and decided to just share it all. I’ve always lived by this quote from Annie Dillard: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
If you're trying to build a business and life you genuinely enjoy, you'll feel right at home here.
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that’s cool and all, but…..
You’re probably wondering what the flip to actually do next. Well, consider me your tour guide. First I’ll share a quick backstory so you know who you’re spending time with. But feel free to skip it and move right along to the next section, where you can choose your own adventure.
Okay, the story of how I went from almost becoming a lawyer to…whatever I am now. Let’s go.
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i took the lsat & almost hit submit on my law school apps
I had a decent test score, solid transcripts, and excellent letters of recommendation. I was finalizing the list of law schools I wanted to apply to, and then…March of 2020.
Any plans of moving and starting school somewhere new were put on hold, so I just focused on finishing up my four-year degree in Criminology and my freelance marketing side hustle.
But then my freelance marketing side hustle grew. And grew. And long story short, that’s what I’m doing to this day.
Do I wish I had become a lawyer? Sometimes. But most of me is glad I didn’t. I like having the time to do what I want, when I want, and where I want. (My Aries moon is showing.)
Move out of our apartment for two years and do van life? Did that! Take a random Monday off to go thrash around in the deep end of a wave pool? Do that regularly.
I’ve built a life that I am excited to live every day. Let’s get you to that same place, yeah?
enough about me — you do you
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