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generation gap
I’ve been reading a lot about Gen Y having issues with work because we were brought up to believe that we can do anything and the world is at our fingertips. These ideals, supposedly, make us far too idealistic about work.
I disagree. The world is at our fingertips and we can do anything. It’s our [...]
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once, i was a nerd
I’ll keep it private for now, but the job search and such has led me to a lot more thinking about who I am and what i want to do.
Strangely, since this is the second time around, there are more epiphanies. You’d think I’d had enough of them last year, but I guess not.
As I [...]
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There are plenty of lists out there about this, but I swear mine is original. I’ve been laid off twice and am an expert in this by now.
Buy me lunch, dinner, a drink…
This sounds silly, but when you’re laid off, a large amount of your time is spent wallowing on your couch, thinking about [...]
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goals
I was e-mailing with a great business owner the other day and he asked me what my short and long term goals are.
It’ll be good to have these down of (psuedo) paper, so here is an edited version.
1) I’d love to get into blogging more and sharpen my writing. One of my goals is [...]
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remaining positive
I’ve hard a hard time of it in the past couple of days.
I know Gannett laid off another 1,400 employees, another 1,400 wonderful, well-qualified people out there looking at the same jobs I’m looking at.
I understand I’m good at what I do and I love what I do. I make stories better. I help [...]
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back to unemployment
On June 19, I was “let go.”
This time I didn’t sign a confidentiality waiver, so I can talk about it more.
On the outside, I’ve been pretty sunny, saying that I was unhappy anyway and that I didn’t like the company’s direction.
But parts of my are flailing. This is the second time, almost exactly a [...]
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question:
when you’re being shot down, how do you tell yourself that you’re good at what you do. How do you keep your confidence up?
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flying on the wind
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the type of person I want to be.
I went camping over Memorial Day weekend with some good friends and at some point, laying on the beach of a lake and laughing, I realized I envied my friends.
All of the people I was with shared one quality. They were [...]
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Tags: happiness
dreams: walking to McDonalds
I remember my dreams a lot, so I’m going to try to blog them. Maybe a dream expert will come along and tell me what’s up.
What I remember: I was walking to McD’s. Instead of looking through the POV of first person, I was looking down at myself, like in video games (this may be [...]
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I miss…
being near the ocean
being near the woods
getting my feet wet
the excitement of learning something new
the kind of night that flies by way too fast
making egg rolls with my family
getting dragged out to the bar by my roommate
the smell of orange blossoms
Chinese food that never disappoints
BBQ
snuggling close to The Boy, even when I’m hot
knowing that [...]
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