About two years ago (I'm guessing), I decided to live a little, to try something new. Do something bold. Be vulnerable. I turned my read receipts on. I was inspired by a friend of mine who recently joined the iPhone family and purposefully left her read receipts ON. When I asked her why, she said …
5 Ways To Overcome Writer’s Block
Ah, writer's block. The plague that won't quit. I stumble into this funk ever so often, as I am sure most of you writers out there do as well. In fact, I am writing this after recently overcoming such a funk. While I still have this burst of creativity and inspiration, I want to remember …
5 Tips To Ace A Phone Interview
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am currently looking for a new job. Again. I swear, I feel like I am always looking for a new job, so much so that the actual job hunt feels like a job itself. I have been on a number of interviews throughout my second career of …
How To Deal With Difficult People
I work in Public Relations, where my job is to maintain the image of my clients - be it a company, an organization or someone's public image. Through all of the strategy and efforts, at the end of the day I have to make the client happy. I am dealing with people day in and day …
500 Days of Summer Revisited
It is crazy how by re watching a movie you have seen before, you are able to take away brand new information later in life. Usually if it is a movie I have not seen in a long time, I will recognize actors that I have seen since in different movies or TV shows that …
5 Tips for Working Remotely
For the past month, I have been working from home. At my previous job, we worked from home every Friday. It was a huge blessing, as I was living the commuter life and spending 3+ hours in the car, driving 60 miles daily. My current job is in the middle of getting rid of the …
Lessons Learned
Truth be told, I have not had much experience in the romantic area. I probably should not say that if I'm dedicating a post to lessons I've learned from romantic relationships. Perhaps I should rephrase that sentence, or elaborate by saying that I have not had much romantic experience in the sense of full functioning …