The end of the year is coming quick, and a lot of us are racing to get a month’s worth of work done in three weeks (two if you’re lucky). If you’re like me, you’re holding a lot of to-dos in your head even though you have a perfectly good…
The 4 Deadly Sins of Interviews
Today, I want to talk about interviews and how they should change. Not all of them, of course; some organizations are incredibly mindful about their interview process and that is very appreciated. But if your company is guilty of any of these interviewing sins, I encourage you to confess and…
My cups runneth over with self acceptance
And now for something completely different. Today, I’m celebrating the 10th anniversary of a breast reduction, and I want to share some thoughts about body positivity. Growing up, having a positive body image was never that big of a challenge for me. Sure, as an American girl, and especially as…
To do: schedule a power hour
Something startled one of my dogs in the middle of the night last night, and her barking woke me up. The outburst was short-lived, but it took me a while to fall asleep again. When that happens, I usually pick a category and list all of the things I can think…
An exception to a rule
Back when the pandemic was new, I published 7 Simple Rules for Videoconferences, based on my experience with a small hybrid (remote and in-office) team. Check out the whole post at the link, but as a reminder, the seven rules were: Everyone has to use their camera Use one camera…
Grounded optimism
I’m an optimist. Always have been and probably always will be. But recently, I have been uncharacteristically pessimistic about one thing: this dang pandemic. When it started for us here in the US, I was consulting with a running retailer and race management company. They had a late-May race that…
The Way Things Used to Be & The Way Things Are Now
For those of you who know me personally, you might know that my husband, Richie, is losing his vision due to optic atrophy caused by a rare genetic disease. Since he was diagnosed about a year and a half ago, he has devoured books by people who have lost their…
Confessions of a morning person
Are you a morning person? I am. I have trouble waking up, but once I’m up, I’m ready to go. My energy lasts for a while as I power through my morning walk and workout, taking care of some personal tasks, and then starting my workday. In my morning meetings,…
Smart friends and self doubt
I’ve told you about a time I created more work for myself when I cheated on an essay assignment in high school and a time I let perfect be the enemy of good on what should have been a fun project in middle school. Now I’m back with another blast from…
BASIC programming for decision-making
I took BASIC programming in high school. I wasn’t very good at it, but something that I think about a lot are the IF…THEN structures. Basically (heh), an IF…THEN structure allows you to tell the program that if a certain condition is true, then it needs to execute a certain…
