Is financial advice for women, specifically, something we need? Even though I have a whole support network centered around my life as a working woman: a physical therapist specializing in working moms with postpartum pain; a chiropractor for the same thing; my own mom, who picks up my kids when I have to work late, […]
How to Write a Resignation Letter with Class
If you want to know how to write a resignation letter, you are likely quitting your job for a whole host of emotionally-charged reasons. Anything from not being paid enough, to having to sit next to a gum-chewer in the new open-concept office space can be to blame. Writing a resignation letter can feel like […]
How to Quit a Job with Class
If you’re ready to learn how to quit a job with class, great! It’s so important, in the long-term, to leave your manager and coworkers with a respectful goodbye. It’s also the right thing to do. Before we get to the specific steps, I’d like to share a little story on WHY I’m so glad […]
How to Use a Virtual Assistant: Personal Shopping Case Study
I have been reading a ton about what virtual assistants do. If you work with a virtual assistant properly, it seems like they can cut out almost any minutiae from your life. It seems like the ultimate productivity hack! Perfect for a busy reporter who’d rather be writing. But, like with so many things, I […]
How to Stop Crying at Work
I know this sounds like a depressing post topic. But it’s not meant to be. I’m very pregnant at the moment, so knowing how to stop crying at work has become a necessity: not because I hate my job (I love it), and not even because of the tiny person sleeping on my bladder (though […]
Why You Should Never “Fake It Til You Make It”
I gave the advice “Fake it til you make it,” before. I did it happily, borderline smugly even. Usually, I follow it up with a classic career story of mine, which I will now tell to you (Lucky you; Please imagine me smoking a pipe in a mahogany office). Many moons ago, on the first […]