Hello World! Welcome to My Professional Portfolio
Welcome to my professional author and artist portfolio website!
In honor of my new job as a full-time freelancer, I bought my URL. I created a professional business website and Voila!
I quit the cubicle a week ago today (June 2, 2010. I’m busy making the transition from working-my-butt-off-in-a-stressful-work-environment-mode to working-my-butt-off-in-the-privacy-of-my-own-home-mode. I’ve spent the past week finishing off everything on the back burner.
The decision to go from full-time employee to self-employed was an easy one to make. Putting everything into motion took longer than I expected. In fact, I’ve been working toward this goal for almost two years.
This past year, I’ve been able to take on a number of new clients. It has been a bit rough working full-time and juggling freelance assignments in my free time. My websites earn good money. I’m feeling confident that I can turn my freelance work into a career – and thus here I am! I’m focusing on being my own boss and enjoying every minute of it. I never want to answer to anyone else ever again!
This summer marks the beginning of a great journey. I’ll be working from various locations as a paid travel writer and health advocate. This is where to come if you want to find out how I’m getting along with everything.
I’m sure you’re all aware I’m super active over at MySeveralWorlds.com. These sites differ as MSW is a health and advocacy platform and a patient centered hub. This site is all about me and my craft.
Thanks for dropping by!
Carrie Marshall
Carrie Marshall (formerly Carrie Kellenberger) is a Canadian writer, business and operations strategist, patient advocate, and multidisciplinary creative best known for her long-running publication, My Several Worlds. Since 2007, she has built a career through writing, content strategy, digital publishing, systems development, and online community building. Over the past two decades, Carrie has worn many hats — travel and culture writer, educator, entrepreneur, communications director, recruiter, editor, and creative consultant — while living and working internationally for more than 20 years in Taiwan. Today, her work focuses on storytelling, disability advocacy, creative projects, and helping businesses streamline their content, systems, and online presence with clarity and heart. Carrie is endlessly curious about people, culture, design, and the small details that make spaces feel alive. She loves books, art, gardening, flower arranging, paper crafts, and creating cozy, slightly whimsical environments. She is also deeply devoted to her cats, cries over animal videos far too easily, and still firmly dislikes cooking. After nearly two decades navigating complex chronic illness, her work increasingly explores resilience, identity, healthcare systems, creativity, and what it means to rebuild a life while living inside a changing body. Her hope is simple: to create work that informs, comforts, connects, and reminds people they are not alone.
