I guess this is growing up. I've been pretty adamant the past couple years that I wouldn't be buying a house any time soon. Why would anyone settle down? Why wouldn’t you want to move constantly and explore? It’s because moving suckssssss. I've lived in 7 places in the last 5 years. At first, it…
Why did I move to New Hampshire? I was getting tired of my old position at my (now old) organization. I wasn’t getting along with one of managers and my job was a little monotonous. I said I needed a change or I’d be leaving. And we were at a point in our lives where…
I'm starting to feel a little pathetic. Job searching comes with a lot of ups and downs. Rejection emails, ghosting, preliminary interviews that just confuse me further. It feels like every time I talk to someone about what I'm going through, they give me these puppy dog eyes like I'm a broken toy. So I'll…
Every other week someone I know is getting engaged, buying a house, or getting married. When you're in your twenties, there are three kinds of people in your friend group. The single ones, the ones who met their significant other in high school or college, and the ones who met their significant other after college…
Continue reading ➞ The Pressure Of Being In A Relationship In Your 20’s
When I got laid off, I thought that it couldn’t take me too much time to find a new job. Right? Even though millions of other people are also unemployed and I have to apply to jobs out of state and I’m trying to narrow my field - it can’t be that hard, right? Well…
I have to actively remind myself that the things I harp on and can't get over, the things that embarrass me, don't mean anything to anyone else as much as they mean to me. There are a few pivotal moments in my life that I kind of wish I could forget, but I feel like…
Continue reading ➞ Things I’ll Never Forget But I Wish I Could
Applying to jobs comes with a whole lot of imposter syndrome. I often scroll through jobs in my field and see one or two bullet points in job listings that I don’t completely understand and makes me wonder if I would be even qualified at all. How have I worked in communications for five years…
When life decided to lay me off, it also did me a favor in making some decisions we’ve been shying away from. When we moved to New Hampshire, we knew it wasn’t going to be forever. Mostly because my boyfriend’s job is based in New Jersey and in order for him to move up he…
Hi friends! I am now writing to you as a funemployed adult who is uhhhhhhhh freaking out. There's no ideal time to lose your job, but I would think a pandemic is really the least ideal time to lose your job. I'm now one of those 40 million or so people in America who lost…
