Turning Feelings Into Fitness
When I arrived at the office yesterday, my boss asked me to cover the front desk. Our actual person was out, and I was the...
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Lesson Learned
“What skills or lessons have you learned recently?” This is what WordPress asks you when you open a new post. I assume because they assume...
My Awkward Self
My Social Fine Print
I really do like people. I do. I just like them on my terms. Which are pretty specific. Lots of fine print. Restrictive schedules. Penalties...
My Awkward Self
Routine Labwork
Do y’all remember that time the toilet paper rolled across the bathroom at work? And I had to shimmy across the bathroom to get it?...
My Awkward Self
Day of Thanks and Rejection
I started my Day of Giving Thanks by running my own 3.1. Well, not running so much as jogging. Trotting, really. And stopping every half...
My Awkward Self
I Can’t Cook
When I tell you I can’t cook… I’m not exaggerating. That’s the lasagna I made for dinner. For myself. There’s no cheese in there. I...
My Awkward Self
Humorless Professional Writing (aka Business Writing)
Are there classes that teach humorless professional writing? Because apparently if you spend too many years with the freedom to entertain yourself in your emails,...
My Awkward Self
Keeping My Mouth Shut
Got this book in the mail today. The note that came with it begins by saying, “Read this book – your boss will thank you.”...
My Awkward Self
Finding More People
“I’ve got to get home to my cats. Because that’s who I am as a person.” That’s…that’s how I exited my last networking event…with professional...
My Awkward Self
Unannounced Birthday
“You always have people throwing food and gifts at you on your birthday.” Because I tell them to. If you don’t tell them, they have...
