can you believe it’s summer already?! I’m kicking off the first post of the summer with my 800th post to date on this blog! that’s a lot of words, a lot of struggle, and a lot to celebrate. in fact, it feels surreal to…
if you told me 5 years ago that having kids would improve my career, I would not have believed you. in fact, 5 years ago, I was working as hard as I could so that I could give myself “permission” to lean back once I…
trying to get a promotion but can’t quite figure out how to get there? here’s how you can use progress tracking to get to where you want to be: life is a lot of work. if you factor in your career, personal pursuits,…
being focused on work and family has me tied up a lot of the time. still, there are some things that make my chaotic life more manageable and even more fun. here are my favorite things at the moment: maisonette home + baby: this…
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I’ve always known that I wanted to be a mom. something inside me has always known this and when I had my daughter, I knew it was meant for me. what I also knew was that I wanted to continue working. for me, I feel…
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I find that the older I get, the less I care about what others think, how I look (in general, not always), and the more I feel confident and ready to take on the world. in the last 30 or so years of my…
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a while back, someone asked me how I’d found my “dream job” and gotten to be so happy at work. I thought about it for a while and realized that I got to a good place by having a lot of complicated conversations with…
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I spend a lot of time thinking about how I can better myself, both at home and at work. in fact, I probably spend too much time on it, which then just defeats the purpose of doing it in the first place. but at least…
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