Tag Archives: Career

5 Lessons for Adults – No more school!

No more teachers, no more books…you know how the rest goes. For the first time in 18 years, I will not be going to school in the fall. I finished my university courses last December and officially graduated in June. … Continue reading

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My career in 15 years – Letters to myself

First of all, here is my letter to my future self (at nearly 40 years old). This is the final career planning letter I wrote to myself. At the end of this post you will see my takeaways from this … Continue reading

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My career in 10 years – Letters to myself

Not too long ago I shared a letter I wrote to my future self about where I hope to see myself career-wise in 5 years. Today, I share a follow up: my 10 year letter. One thing I noticed while … Continue reading

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My career in 5 years – Letters to myself

Recently, I met with a workplace mentor to discuss my career. She had a lot of great insight from her nearly 20 year career where she moved quickly from student employee to senior management. The original reason I looked for … Continue reading

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Career Path? How do I plan that?

I’ve done it! I have done what seems so rare now a days. I got a job in my field right out of school. Don’t hate me just yet! I actually worked pretty hard to get here. In fact, I … Continue reading

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I Procrastinate and It’s Okay

I love my agenda. I like structure and organization. And I enjoy getting things done. So why, oh why, do I still procrastinate. By now I had planned on having lots of back-up posts ready for the blog. I have … Continue reading

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Recycled Desk Organizer

I recently learned my workplace will be moving to a new building, one that is far nicer than the little brick eyesore I work in now. As a bonus, employees were given a chance to vote on the colour scheme … Continue reading

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Who is this woman?

Who is this blogger? In my case, who is this woman? A question I always ask myself when doing some late night blogosphere browsing. A quick trip to the about page and a couple of lifestyle posts later and I … Continue reading

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