I talk about chronic pain and copywriting — updated April/21 — Bio Hello and welcome to my Medium profile! I’m Carly Barrett — copywriter, dog mum, tea drinker, and chronic evolver based in Ontario, Canada. I Write About Chronic Pain In my early twenties, I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. I started writing — both on and off Medium — to help find the light in a…

But only if you apply what you learn — Last Saturday, I met up with an old friend for tea. I was perched on the cozy grey couch in her living room, two dogs cuddled up beside me while the sun streamed in. (The best spot in the house, in my opinion.) And — like most friends who haven’t…

12. You’re going to be okay. — I spent the better part of my twenties in immeasurable chronic pain, utterly convinced I was stuck with this “new normal” for the rest of my life. I was not high on the typical concoction of hope, ambition, and invincibility that plagues most that age. I was high on good…

4 techniques to increase confidence fast — It’s day one of a new job. And I have no idea what I’m doing. Sound familiar? We’ve all been there, nervous butterflies swaying between nausea and excitement. Here’s the backstory: A few months ago I started a new position with my DREAM software company. I still have to pinch…

To become a better writer day by day — A few weeks ago, I shared how I made $8,917 from writing in one month — and how most of that money came from clients. That post was not meant to brag. Maybe that seems like a lot of money to you; maybe it doesn’t. But what I didn’t get…

Most of it came from clients — here’s how I did it — I don’t have a website. I rarely post on social media. I’m not too fond of Zoom calls and try to avoid them when possible. And I’m terrible at marketing myself. So how do I make money writing? By establishing consistent, long-term relationships with clients, that’s how. I don’t work…

I thought a business game plan was enough to be successful — My 66-year-old father is an entrepreneur. I’ve watched him build businesses from the ground up my entire life. I’ve listened to him pitch too many business ideas to count and then successfully execute many of them, with a few failures along the way. Throughout it all, I continually told myself…

Your body and brain are constantly looking for the “hit” that comes from uninformed optimism. — A rush of adrenaline flowed through my veins as I clicked “Purchase” on a new online course. So many emotions were hitting me, but one thought was loudest of all: “This course is going to change my life! I’m just going to follow along and do it, no matter what…

You have to niche down until it physically hurts, or you aren’t doing it right. — It was a Wednesday afternoon, and I was sitting in a cafe with a client for a briefing meeting. You know, back in 2019, when we could do things like that. Ah, the simple things in life. My client was re-designing her website and had commissioned me to write the…