Kevin O'Connell
My 2021 Goal: Mental Health - My Story of ...

Because the last several months have been some of the most difficult for me. I truly would describe it as surviving instead of thriving.

My main goal for 2021 isn’t to train for some brand new Ironman race or achieve some lofty professional or financial goal. While I have set some fitness and financial goals for myself, they are the top of the priority list.

To get it out there in the open my main goal and top priority next to being a husband and father: my mental health.

Right before the holidays I was officially diagnosed with depression with a side of anxiety and mounting, overwhelming life stressors.

Just how bad was it?

My 2021 Goal: Mental Health - My Story of Depression and Anxiety 
Kevin O'Connell, small business, Entrepreneurship, life advice
Kevin O'Connell
Goodbye 2020: My Year of Changes, Transitions, ...

As we take time to reflect on this past year, with all its ups and downs, we want to thank you for continuing to support us and for showing up for your community. Because of you, we were able to fund our first ever scholarship program, and we awarded four Black Creative Students scholarships to students from all over the country. This year, we were also able to publish 26 new blog posts, had 10,400 page views, added and featured 4 new contributing editors, hired and on-boarded a super creative new social media, Greer Blount, and offered our first writing internship to Maggie Barbour who created and published 10 posts in less than 12 weeks.

It's been an eventful year for out team, and to close it all off, TNM founder Kevin O'Connell is sharing his thoughts on 2020, dealing with change and transitions as a new dad and entrepreneur, and finding new approaches for 2021. Keep reading for Kevin’s end-of-the-year message!

Goodbye 2020: My Year of Changes, Transitions, and Identity
Entrepreneurship, Jaylene Perez, Kevin O'Connell, Maggie Barbour, small business, career advice
Maggie Barbour
Best Tools and Resources for New Freelancers

Working freelance may sound glamorous at first, but those who've been doing it for a while know it takes hard work. Getting your business off the ground isn't easy and sometimes it means juggling various projects all at once, but it also has it's benefits - I mean you are your own boss after all!


This week, writing intern Maggie Barbour asks The Niche Movement's Editor-in-Chief Jaylene Perez and founder Kevin O'Connell, both of whom have experience in freelancing, what it really takes to make it work.

Read on for Jaylene and Kevin's best practices when it comes to finding clients, marketing your services, settings rates, and more!

Best Tools and Resources for New Freelancers
career advice, Maggie Barbour, Kevin O'Connell
Maggie Barbour
Top Skills Every Creative Needs

For all those in pursuit of professional development, this week we're taking a look at which skills you'll want to brush up on depending on your specific industry. Whether you're a freelancer, marketer, entrepreneur, or work in another creative role, you'll want to read up on what will make you and your work really shine.

Tap below for the full post!

Top Skills Every Creative Needs
Maggie Barbour, Greer Blount
Maggie Barbour
How to Job Search During a Pandemic

Job searching is a tough task on its own, and job searching during a pandemic... well we know it's not easy. You'll have to be flexible, know how to network and market yourself, and really hone in on what it is your looking for as you search for the right fit.

To find out what can help you land your dream job, keep reading!

How to Job Search During a Pandemic

4 Steps to Internship Success: What I Learned from my Internship with The Niche Movement

4 Steps to Internship Success: What I Learned from my Internship with The Niche Movement

For the past three months, I have been the girl behind many of the niche movement’s blog posts, niche list emails, and social media activity. I have loved contributing the message that the niche movement promotes of finding your niche and loving your job- it truly is a huge component of life happiness and fulfillment. Frequently, our posts urge readers and followers to find their niche and love their job and seek career fulfillment. In trying to apply these ideas to my own experience as an intern, I realize that these steps are crucial in getting the most out of your work experience.

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How to Connect With Your Followers by Humanizing Your Brand on Social Media

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How to Connect With Your Followers by Humanizing Your Brand on Social Media

Today now more than ever, our society has access to unlimited information to help us decide whether we choose to do business with an organization and what opinion we have of them based on the content we come across. It may sound like common sense headed into 2016 that your organization needs to be "authentic" and "genuine" as it relates to your organization's social media, marketing, and leadership.

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10 Questions Every Young Professional Should Ask

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10 Questions Every Young Professional Should Ask

The stretch of time known as our twenties is a chapter of self-discovering, goal-setting, and experience-seeking moments. This decade is commonly dubbed as the foundation for the rest of adulthood. The pressure many young professionals feel is rather potent, and the need to plot everything out becomes very real. - Rachael Tulipano

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Blogs That Inspire Me

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Blogs That Inspire Me

The power of social media is truly powerful and social (pun intended).  Instagram has become a HUGE resource for me. Not only am I an avid follower of inspiring blog writers but also have connected with one. Continuing from my last post, personal development and being engaged in yourself and your development will help you grow every day. - Shaunna Murphy