“Now, he has got the life!”, a friend said to me the other day referring to a common friend we share on Facebook. This common friend is always on Facebook putting up photos of himself in beautiful places with beautiful people doing fun things. One day you see pictures of him having a glass of champagne at the hottest restaurant on another day he’s “checking in” using Foursquare at a fancy hotel somewhere in the world and the next day […]
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It was Saturday morning at home. I was sick with an awful cold, lacking sleep because of my painful herniated discs acting up all night and just feeling tired and exhausted still trying to recover from the holiday parties. Got my 6 year old daughter ready for piano lessons, took her to the first birthday party, made lunch for the 3 year old, start the laundry, etc. It was a crazy Saturday. Aghhh….”Calgon, take me away” …wait, am I allowed […]
Read moreEvery major newspaper, magazine and TV show has them: a What to Expect in 2012 article. I read this one this morning from Reuters. It seems that financial gurus are having a tough time forecasting anything these days. For some reason, I read, watched and observed these ‘experts’ and yes – I am stressed out and feeling a tiny bit anxious. The word, “paranormal” was used by one finance guru to describe what he thought was going to happen in […]
Read moreI used to always wonder why people make such a big deal out of New Year’s Eve. All the parties, all the festivities, all the champagne. I mean, I understand that it’s been a year full of uncertainty, chaos, unpredictable events, and so on. But why does a date of January 1 matter to us so much? And then I met someone by chance who said to me yesterday that he was going to start getting his life together on […]
Read moreLast week, I had my 19 year anniversary working for a Fortune 50 company. Nineteen YEARS!!! I can’t believe it. I’m 41 and when I started in 1992 I never expected to stay as long as I have – by luck or by choice. It just turned out that way. And with all the uncertainty at work, chaos in the economy and unpredictability of life, I have no way of truly knowing if I will be at this company for […]
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