If you’ve never heard of the book “5 Love Languages” by Dr. Gary Chapman, you are MISSING OUT! This insightful read has sold over 11 million copies & has been translated into 50 languages...FIFTY freaking languages. Clearly, this guy knows what he’s talking about! Throughout the article I’ll be referring to notes Dr. Chapman makes [...]
When I first started writing this article...well, it was an interesting morning, to say the least! Monday, December 17th I just got a text from my brother-in-law, who is watching Quincy for a bit this morning, that she just projectile vomited everywhere. She’s never thrown up before. And I have a project management meeting at [...]
Failure is an ugly word, such a scary thing. It has paralyzed me SO MANY TIMES from doing something I’ve longed to do. As children & young adults, we’re taught to avoid failure at all cost. Do whatever you have to do so that you DO. NOT. FAIL. Because failure means you’re stupid. Failure means [...]
“I don’t say no because I’m so busy. I say no because I don’t want to be so busy.” - Courtney Carver, SimpleAsThatBlog.com Anyone else think, “I’ll get around to this or that once life slows down a bit. Things are just too crazy right now.” Six months later and you still haven’t done this [...]
How often during the day are you wishing for better? I wish I had a nicer car… I wish I was further along in my career... I wish my school debt would disappear… I wish I could take that SUPER luxurious vacation… I wish I could lose 10 more pounds… I wish my hair was [...]
You’re sitting in the interview room & your future employer (fingers crossed) says, “So, tell me about yourself.” Blink. Blink. Gulp. Blank Stare. You sit there & think to yourself… “How far should I go back? Well this one time at band camp… wait...no, don’t share that story! What EXACTLY do they want to know? [...]
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