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Normally, I’m not one to write down New Year’s Resolutions. After a while, they got a little stale for me personally; I prefer more creative outlets than boxes. But with the new decade upon us, it got me thinking about “What unique New Year’s Resolution ideas can I come up with?” Looking back on the …
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A few years ago I got laid off without warning; or maybe it was fired for no reason? Either way, it was at no fault to me which meant I qualified for unemployment benefits… which were a nightmare to get so ultimately I had to bounce back financially after a layoff on my own. I …
My hands shook with excitement as I hung up the phone and did a full on happy dance on the middle of the crowded street. I GOT THE INTERVIEW! I could barely get the text out to my boyfriend, I was shaking so much with excitement… and then the nerves settled in.
Raise your hand if you find yourself hitting up social media, daydreaming, or generally wasting your time while you’re supposed to be working ?? Don’t worry, you’re not alone! One survey found that 80% of employees waste time at work on non-related tasks. Like playing sudoku, paying bills, catching up with friends? And with the …
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Everybody says to “follow your passion” but is passion a concrete thing? Can millennials classify it as one thing.
I’d been working and gaining experience since I was 16 in a variety of different fields.
There was freelance photography, working on higher education political initiatives, marketing, but struggled to figure out my dream career when I came across a book called The Art of Work*.
While I didn’t know it at the time, it would prove to be the exact thing I needed to get me thinking how I would move forward in my life.
TRUTH: I’d much rather work smarter, not harder. I see so many people running around saying how “busy” they are, but honestly, I don’t want to be busy. I don’t want to manifest that quality of life for myself. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind rolling up my sleeves and getting dirty, putting in long hours, but IMO, work should be fun.
We spend so much of our lives doing it, it should be boosting our mood, elevating ourselves (and society), and moving toward the greater good. When we take the idea of “working hard” it feels like we are automatically condemning ourselves in a tug of war between happiness and the hustle… no thank you. I think the two should be integrated, not battling it out for the limelight.
Honestly, I didn’t even know if I’d write a post acknowledging the New Year or reflecting on last year. I can’t describe 2019 in one word, but the first word that comes to mind is rollercoaster. The next two are miraculous and beautiful. Last year kicked off with two of the biggest life changes that …
Monday Mantra: May Your Choices Reflect your Hopes, Not Your Fears – Nelson Mandela I got an email recently from a reader who is thinking about starting a blog and asked me a few questions. Two of them were far too deep to put in an email for just her so I decided to bring …
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This post contains affiliate links. Hands up if you want more work-life balance?! ??♀️??♀️??♀️ But what the heck does that actually look like in reality? It’s rarely taught to us how to actually achieve work-life balance and for many, the concept remains a mystery or even a unicorn. One thing I think we can all …
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Monday Mantra: Stay In Your Own Lane We’ve all heard it before; eyes on your own paper, hater blockers on, stay in your own lane. There’s a reason this cliche has been said over and over and in a million different ways for decades. It’s because it’s helpful advice! But just because something is helpful …
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