This post is part of a paid campaign. When I was working full-time, it was not uncommon for my coworkers and I to fall into phases of “not caring.” Those phases where you’re constantly wondering why you work with who you work, why it matters if the document is turned in by 5 pm as […]
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Build Your Professional Brand for Career Success
Guest post by Kim Dority – part 1 of a 2-part series on Professional Brands [Editor’s Note: Though this article focuses on your brand for traditional employment/career success, it can be applied to your online/blogging career.] What’s a professional brand? In the marketing world, a brand is the collective characteristics that the market attributes to […]
Does Work-Life Balance Exist?
Have you been thinking about what work-life balance means to you? Or even just balance in and of itself? Well, there are some people who think there is no such thing. The phrase work-life balance alone is contradictory in their eyes. I recently came across The myth of work/life balance, in which the author proposes […]
How Do You Define Balance?
What does balance mean to you? Is it about balancing you as a person? Does it involve the people around you? Or is it about the roles you play in life? Let me elaborate a bit on what I mean. Balancing You Do you strive for your physical, mental, and spiritual health to be in-line? […]
The Big News
I just quit my job. Seriously. I just handed in my resignation letter. It feels good. And a tiny bit scary. But, I think that’s normal. It’s a big change for me. I’ve never quit a job without first having another. So, here I am. Well not quite yet. I still have some time at […]