Crushing It Chronically
Designing a life around chronic conditions…and crushing it!
CiC is owned and operated by a multi-passionate, multi-chronic, multi-business owner and corporate escapee, Caitlin. You can read more about her life and experience here. In short, she does branding and design specifically for clients in the Outdoors Industry and she teaches all she knows about business and the backend of brand and design here in CiC for those wanting to earn an income despite traditional jobs not fitting the health needs of those with chronic conditions.
Our goal is to help you design your business around your chronic condition so that you can do what you love, earn an income, and not sacrifice your health doing it.
Some quotes we work by:
Failure is not an attempt unaccomplished. Failure is an accomplishment never attempted.
Colossians 3:23 – Whatever you do, work at it with all of your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters…
Be sure to check out the ‘Resources’ pages where we share products, services, and other accounts that we recommend ourselves and by others within the chronic community!
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I share snapshots of an active life with chronic illness, designs for my outdoors industry clients, and all of the outdoor hobbies my husband and I are into…
A little bit of what I love & don't love
did we just become best friends?
I am a creative at heart, but I’m also attentive and passionate about data and analytics- so I geek out over creative and organization things. I got my start making planners for students, business owners, mama’s, and chronic illness warriors. Here’s some things I’m into as a chronic entrepreneur:
- productive business and life frameworks and workflows
- planners…blending business, health, and personal organized in one place
- workflows and systems. It excited me to set up Dubsado to better serve my clients and give me a better return on energy spent
- branding and website design that converts audiences to customers
- creating all the things I need in business as a chronic entrepreneur; i.e./checklists, pdfs, templates, brand guides, logos, brochures, workbooks, etc. and sharing them of course!
Establishing a business can arguably be one of the most difficult tasks, especially when you aren’t quite sure what to do and when to do it. But getting started shouldn’t be overwhelming or downright stressful either!
I feel like entrepreneurship takes the same level of grit and tenacity we have to develop when living with chronic conditions. My thought is if I can handle my health, I can start and run a business lol.
“Hold On to Your Dreams
& Squeeze the Life
Out of Your Fears!”
Fun and Random Facts About Me….
- I love peanut butter but not by itself
- I hate cleaning the ceiling fans but I’m good with base boards
- I love to cook and will create a totally new dish in the middle of cooking
- I dream in color not just black and white
- Snakes, spiders and frogs don’t bother me but I’m boarder-line phobic of wasps
- I’m dyslexic and misspelled my own name on my notary docs one time
- My husband (fiance at the time) took me wedding dress shopping and picked the dress out
- I’m the only girl of 4. But I grew up as the only child, then the oldest, and am a middle child as an adult lol.
- I rebuilt my Mustang GT engine with a family friend
- I learned Adobe Premiere Pro (not a pro by no means but I’m capable) in two days after I took on a freelance job
- I can’t stand when people don’t use their blinkers; dude it’s our only communication on the road together!
- A pet peeve of mine is someone chewing with their mouth open
- I’m pretty easy going but I don’t tolerate lies AT ALL
- I’ve stashed small bills since I was a kid. I got a little obsessive one time and was stashing fives, tens and even a few twenties.
- I told my hubby to never spend money on flowers for me when we were dating, so he still stops sometimes on his way home to pick me wild flowers off the side of the road
- I’m a summer, sun, and saltwater girl but in the winter I love camping, hunting, and cool weather…..but I HATE being cold inside an office or building space. Give me heated blankets and a hot tea!
- I love to work but I hate being STUCK at a job
- I’m a competitive shooter and firearms instructor…but I love to get dolled up too.