As I’ve been settling into my new life on a new coast and (another!) new job--I’m not yet one year in to either of these transitions--I tend to think a lot about the future transitions that I’ve yet to make. These transitions--career based, location based, personal life related--result from decisions. What choices I’ll have along… Continue reading How to make your next big decision
Tag: decision-making
What are you going to do for your team today?
It's pretty easy to sometimes get run down, annoyed, disappointed, or just tired of your job after a less-than-ideal day. (Worse yet, when you realize on your commute home that sometime between your walk in and tie walk out of the office,you lost your--albeit dirt-cheap--earbuds and now have no way to listen to music on… Continue reading What are you going to do for your team today?
Strategic Relaxation: It’s Possible
I try my best to be a productive person, to use my time as wisely as I can, to think about what I can be doing to improve. Exhibit A: I arrange my shopping lists in order of how I traverse the grocery store, and, most importantly, I always hit up the store first thing… Continue reading Strategic Relaxation: It’s Possible
Work Journals: Why and How
When’s the last time you wrote in a journal? Middle school? During a college-level writing course? Ever? Before I started what I’m calling a work journal, I wasn’t a consistent journal writer: I’d find myself unable to make it a habit and thus procrastinate. Writing, somehow and someway every day has tremendous benefits for both… Continue reading Work Journals: Why and How
New Habit: Waking Up Early
I’ll begin this brand-new blog with a post in which I discuss something I don’t necessarily do well, but something I’m trying to make a habit: Waking up early. How early? 5 a.m. on weekdays, 7 a.m. on weekends. Gross, I know. I must add that I have never been referred to by anyone as… Continue reading New Habit: Waking Up Early