It’s hurricane season for the Atlantic, which means that many areas are turning their attention and their resources to preparation and response efforts. This is important and urgent work. My last post rant about work/life boundaries didn’t mention this, but I wanted to address it this week: while a lot…
Can we talk about boundaries? I often write about work/life balance, vacation travel, self care, and related rants, but I feel like I need to address something more basic, maybe because so many more people—entire organizations, even—now live at work work from home. I keep a list of topics to…
At the beginning of the year, I created a clothing spending tracker so that I can monitor my shopping behavior in order to better manage my spending on new clothing. Thanks to a bit of a spending spree in January that I justified because it was my birthday month, I…
I’ve been a “regular” at a lot of places over the course of my life. Growing up, my family loved this one Mexican restaurant by our house that was always changing names, and we usually sat in the same corner booth. In college, I always got coffee and a bagel…
I’ve been thinking about perfectionism and how it relates to procrastination a lot lately. Maybe not just lately—it’s something I constantly struggle with. Just the other day, someone in a Facebook group I’m in asked for tips on how to just start when you’re paralyzed by the fact that you…
Do you listen to music while you work? If I remember to, I find it really helpful. But the type of music I select is so important for getting in the zone. For mindless tasks or some upbeat background music I love oldies. The local oldies station was always was…
A few weeks ago, I shared two things you can change in your job announcements in an effort to adopt more inclusive and equitable hiring practices. Today, I want to share a very real example of something that I did to help a colleague advance within my organization when I…
Last week, I got a free resume review. I didn’t really want one (more on that in a future post), but I was submitting my resume to some portal and the only way I could continue was by checking a box that said, “Yes, I’d like a free resume review!”…
As a subscriber to Dr. Benjamin Hardy’s newsletter, I was given the opportunity to get an advance copy of his latest book, Personality isn’t Permanent, in order to review it. It’s available from Penguin Random House now, and you can get the first chapter for free here. And do I…
In my post from a couple weeks ago, What happens after Blackout Tuesday, I encouraged business owners to “make a plan to adopt more inclusive and equitable hiring practices,” among other things. There’s a lot that can be done on that one point alone, and I wanted to share one….
