When I was promoted two years ago, I felt a lot of pressure to be confident, in charge, and to show what I knew. A lot of the time my assertiveness ended up coming off as aggressive and negative. I was still learning how to be comfortable in a new role and I now know…
My attention span has never been good. I had a hard time concentrating in long classes and lectures and long trainings and work calls would have me zoning out. But in the past 3 years it’s gotten increasingly worse. With the TL;DR culture, tweets in 280 words or less, TikToks in under a minute -…
Continue reading ➞ 6 Things I’m Doing To Improve My Attention Span
We're all perfectionists - there are different degrees - but we all want to be some sort of perfect. We want to look like the girl in the magazine, have a relationship like the one in the movies, excel at our jobs like a millionaire, or be the perfect family member like we see our…
Continue reading ➞ Stop Trying To Impress People Who Don’t Deserve You
You probably won’t hear a lot of people say this, but I feel kind of lucky that I got my career start in toxic workplaces. I think there are probably more toxic workplaces than there are healthy ones, at least here in the United States. It’s a sad fact, but the culture of the work…
I became a vegetarian in middle school. I dabbled in it for a while, then gave up, then going into my freshman year of high school I tried it again. I have been a "pescatarian" for the past 10+ years. Vegetarians don't eat fish or meat, but they do eat cheese, milk, eggs, etc. As…
Continue reading ➞ Why My Reasons For Being A Vegetarian Have Changed
Hope everyone had a healthy and happy December! Here are some photos from my month!
Some people deserve the world and some people just don't. Some people get what they want easily, some work hard for it, and some don't get anything at all. We all know that life isn't fair. We live it, breathe it, see it, and participate in it. So why do we constantly think we are…
I was SO close to finishing my fall bucket list but I’ve been in such a reading slump I couldn’t finish it! I did get one book read though which I’m proud of. Tell me one fun thing from your fall in the comments! 1. Find a place to live2. Get a job3. Go apple…
I wasn't scared of dating because it's difficult. I've been through plenty of awkward situations in my life, I've definitely learned to laugh it off. I was scared to date because I'm difficult. I immediately wave off every person I meet as uninteresting because I know that they won't put in the effort that it…
Continue reading ➞ Are Broken-Hearted People Worth The Time?
It’s been almost a full year since I last traveled, which is quite the culture shock to someone who was traveling out of country at least twice a year and supplementing that often with domestic travel. I used travel to escape. Escape the mundane 9-5. Escape the real world just for a little. It was…
