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Happy 5th Anniversary, TSM! EntrepreneurshipInspiration

Happy 5th Anniversary, TSM!

I vividly remember June 21st, 2010, the official date of The Suburban Monk LLC. I yelled to my niece, “Jessie, I am official. I have a business!” to which she…
Ellen Atkins
Ellen AtkinsJune 21, 2015
Where did the name Syd come from? EntrepreneurshipFeatured

Where did the name Syd come from?

May 2nd is what I call Syd’s birthday, the day after what seemed like years when I said to the sculptor, “This is it, this is Syd. We are done!…
Ellen Atkins
Ellen AtkinsMay 2, 2015
Magic EntrepreneurshipInspiration

Magic

When I hit bottom last November, I went to my altar and had a talk with “my team “ and asked them to send me what I needed. 17 hours…
Ellen Atkins
Ellen AtkinsMarch 16, 2015
I Believe In Surrender. I Believe In Syd. EntrepreneurshipInspiration

I Believe In Surrender. I Believe In Syd.

I am learning to recognize a pattern. In looking over TSM years, I have had highs and lows. During those lows, I forget my spiritual practice and work too hard…
Ellen Atkins
Ellen AtkinsDecember 31, 2014
March Is Coming! Orange and White Syds laughing in the grassEntrepreneurshipInspiration

March Is Coming!

What can I say about February? Well, it kicked my butt. Yup. Was it Mercury Retrograde, the winter, the fact that I was really sick for what seemed like forever…
Ellen Atkins
Ellen AtkinsFebruary 22, 2014
It Is Not Always Easy Being A Suburban Monk EntrepreneurshipInspiration

It Is Not Always Easy Being A Suburban Monk

Today — Dec. 31, 2013 — met with Elliot. Elliot is hard to describe. He is a student of Vedic Astrology, so my chart is always out when we talk.…
Ellen Atkins
Ellen AtkinsDecember 31, 2013
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