Things I’m over in 2018:
– diet ads
– people who refuse to take responsibility for their actions
– people beating an overdone topic into the ground (see minimalism)
– clickbait that doesn’t deliver
– entitled white men
– pseudoscience and all of the bullshit served alongside of it
– spiritual bypassing
– willing ignorance
– catering to entitled white boy feelings
– pretending misogyny lite is fine
– keeping the peace when it means I get screwed
– your fucking excuses
– my fucking excuses
– keeping my mouth shut
– fomo
– people who only want you around when it’s convenient
– “Christians” who are anti-abortion/anti-women
– anyone who tries to control my body
– your inability to fucking Google it
– anyone who tries to manic pixie me
Things I’m here for in 2018:
– sharing what’s really going on
– having hard conversations
– bringing people in
– generosity in every form
– every sparkly thing I can get my hands on
– women helping women
– sweet potatoes in every form
– people who show up even (especially) when it’s hard
– keeping the peace when it means we all go together
– showing the fuck up for my life
– taking care of my body
– eating whatever the fuck I want
– people who give a damn
– living life as intensely as I damn well please
– travelling
– staying up all night
– love stories
– doing whatever the fuck I want (as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone)
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Dusti Arab, Fractional CMO
And the founder of the reinvention co, a marketing consultancy specializing in working with personality-driven companies with small teams.
Intense, fun, and relentlessly practical, Dusti understands the lives of small business owners are deeply intertwined with their businesses, and if their marketing is going to be sustainable, it can't get in the way of why they do what they do. (And honestly? It should be fun so they actually want to do it.)
She is the host of Referral Worthy, a podcast for small business owners ready to go from "best kept secret" to the go-to name in their niche.