It may sound weird, but I get nostalgic for the beginning of the pandemic where there was nothing but time alone. Time to learn how to make pasta or sushi, time to clean my fridge and vacuum my car, time to binge watch the entire Twilight series. Lately, I’ve gotten so busy again. In a…
Let's talk about the Great Resignation - the phenomonen that is currently happening where everyone is just deciding to quit their jobs. I've been thinking about this phenomenon for a while because I find it kind of inspiring. I don't mind the shortage in fast food workers, retail employees, or the fact that I've been…
In July of 2020, I was laid off from my job of 4 years and immediately knew I couldn't stay in New Hampshire. We had moved from NJ to NH in January of 2018 because I got a promotion through that job. At the time, we were ready for a big change and my boyfriend's…
I got laid off in July 2020. I had an inkling it was coming, but wasn't positive. When I woke up on the morning that marked the end of our fiscal year, I saw an email from HR telling me they would calling me between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM, and that's when I knew…
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I graduated from college with a degree in advertising, a minor in journalism, and a concentration in new media. There was no doubt that I was going to work in some sort of communications role. At the time, I had no idea what. All I knew is I wanted to work in the non profit…
Continue reading ➞ What Would Your Job Be If You Couldn’t Do What You Do Now?
It's officially been two months since I was last employed. It's not the worst thing, I've been enjoying my free time especially as we prepare to move back to NJ. I can tell this break was a much-needed one, I've been sleeping better and just generally happier than I was when I was working.I've had…
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…
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…
If you read my word for 2020, you'll know I've decided to assign the word "acceptance" to this year. It's something I've been think about a lot lately, I even wrote about it a little bit in my resisting happiness post. If there's one thing I could wish for myself, it would be the ability…
A millennial's biggest fear - looking like a job hopper. Well, one of their biggest fears anyway. A job hopper is someone who only spends a small amount of time with a company and then switches on to the next thing. Their resume has quite a few jobs listed, but not a lot of time…
