Since you were a kid, you've likely learned to associate fall with fresh starts. Back-to-school mania meant shopping for new school supplies and the excitement of learning who your new teacher and classmates would be. This is the time of year when you can walk into a Target store at any given moment and hear a daughter pleading her case to her harried mother about why she neeeeds a chandelier for … [Read more...] about What To Do With Back-To-School Energy When You’re Not Going Back To School
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Advice for Stay-at-Home-Moms
In the garden center at Lowe's it held such promise. But now? It's a very sad clematis. Plant a clematis they said. It will be easy they said. Four years ago I finally broke down and bought the trellis that lived in my Amazon shopping cart for years (which I love so much I now own 3) and everyone told me a clematis would be the easiest thing to grow on it. Well, "they" were grossly mistaken. … [Read more...] about Bloom Where You’re Planted: Advice for Stay-at-Home-Moms
How to have a great video interview
Wondering how to have a great video interview? You're not alone! This mode of interviewing is becoming more and more common. As with other methods, there are pros and cons, but take a deep breath. There's no reason to panic. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that earn me a small commission, at no additional cost to you. I only recommend products I personally use and love, or … [Read more...] about How to have a great video interview
Rethinking Career Discernment
Christians sure love to use the word discernment. And young people are often encouraged to engage in career discernment when it comes time to make big decisions about jobs and education. Discernment simply means "to judge well," but in the Christian context, discernment adds a spiritual component to the very basic human activity of making up our minds about something. This is straight-up WWJD … [Read more...] about Rethinking Career Discernment
Getting up the Courage to Hit “Publish”
I’ve been sitting on this post for…I’m embarrassed to say how long. I’ve deleted, tweaked, inspected, hemmed and hawed over it. I don’t need a psychotherapist to tell me that I’m just dragging my feet. I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW. But, you see, this is my first post to my new blog and website, and I'm feeling just a teensy bit vulnerable and exposed. So far, the "courage to hit publish" is eluding me. … [Read more...] about Getting up the Courage to Hit “Publish”
resuMAYHEM rescue
This post may contain affiliate links. If you buy something through one of those links you won't pay a penny more, but I'll get a small commission that helps me keep the lights on! I only suggest products or services I would use myself! I don't think I've ever met anyone who enjoyed writing a resume. And why would they? Resume writing can be a soul-sucking exercise in self-promotion, often … [Read more...] about resuMAYHEM rescue