Searching for Direction & Purpose in Life's Sea of Opportunities
I love my job. I wanted to make sure I started with that. Tomorrow marks my one year anniversary. I am back to feeling productive, valued and equally as important, I have a life again! There is much rejoicing every weekend when I STILL get two days off in a row. Having a job that… Continue reading Quest Continues
A few months ago I had the honor of attending a friend's party she threw to celebrate her puppy's first birthday. I love the fact that when I told my coworkers about going, no one batted an eye about attending a party for a dog. It was one of those "You know you live in SoCal" type… Continue reading Four More Years
Last year as part of the GoodReads Reading Challenge, I read 26 books and listened to 14 audio books. It was the only resolution I kept for the year. I really impressed myself with those totals, so I decided to have the same resolution for 2014, with the goal of matching those totals again this… Continue reading Challenged Reading
Well, it looks like I won't be adding a copyediting certificate to my degree collection. When I started the program, I was at my old job, where I worked for seven years. There were often down times where I could do my homework. That was what allowed me to really delve into the work and basque… Continue reading All Quiet on the Grammar Front
In your mind, do you define yourself by what you do? In high school, I proudly wore the label of speech geek. I was the dedicated student in college. Then, for the longest time I defined myself by who I was with. That led to some dark days. I was very quick to adopt the… Continue reading Define Yourself
Over the years I have honed my selective listening and memory skills. To be more kind to myself in this description, I have fine tuned my information filters throughout my lifetime. In my seemingly never ending quest to figure out, "Now What?", I have turned to career books to help point me in the right… Continue reading Friendly Perspectives
I realized that I keep talking about my crossroads (see Coming Clean - Earthquake Edition and Search for Meaning), yet I’ve never actually spelled them out. The loss of dance from my life threw the future picture of my life out of focus. I’d simply assumed I’d be a dance instructor as my next profession.… Continue reading Crossroads Defined
Grown Up, Now What? 