Self-Care During Difficult times
It’s been quite a few days, hasn’t it? It’s important to remember to take care of yourself, especially when things are hard.
Bad Boss Tips
Working for a bad boss is SO frustrating and so hard! I’ve been there too. I don’t have any easy answers for you, but I do have some tips.
You really shouldn’t hate your job
You shouldn’t hate your job. Which is not to say it’s your fault if you do—we’ve all gotten a lot of mixed messages about work, and most of us have internalized many of those messages without even realizing it. So please allow me to restate that: you should not hate your job. If you do,…
Applying for Jobs
Tips on keeping your sanity while you apply.
Self-care during quarantine
Well, it’s now been roughly 11 months since we all started our quarantine. How’s yours going? Are you maintaining a semblance of sanity? I’ve been limiting my outings to the necessities: grocery shopping, medical visits, wellness checks for the pooch. In the warmer months, I was able to do some backyard wine visits with friends,…
Perfectionism: Not Your Friend
So stop seeking it!
Stop seeking perfection
Trying to be perfect is a trap a lot of us fall into, but it’s definitely not healthy. Trying to be perfect is a trap a lot of us fall into, but it’s definitely not healthy. Of course you want your application materials to be free of typos and errors, and naturally you want…
Do-Nothing Days
As the old mindfulness saying goes, don’t just do something, sit there! Plan some days to have no plans.
Reward yourself during your job-search
Last week I talked a little about taking time away from job-searching, but since I think it’s so essential, I thought I’d say more about it. We humans are natural pleasure-seekers. We like to do things when we know there’s a reward in it, either from the task itself (the energy we get…
“I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.” — David Bowie
This isn’t the post I planned to write today– that was going to be about interviewing nerves– but I spent the weekend watching “A Bowie Celebration,” a tribute to the man 5 years after he left us, and metabolizing the events in Washington, D.C. And I started thinking a lot about both humanity and why…