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Are you afraid of Work? (Tackling the Sunday Scaries)

After a long work week there is nothing like closing your laptop or logging out one last time on a Friday afternoon and jumping into a weekend. When you’re in crunch mode, a weekend of relaxation is just the recipe for unwinding. That is, until Sunday rolls around and

How to Build a Network (on Linkedin) in 2024

“It’s who you know”. This has been a long standing saying heard by every generation through time (and maybe space? Who knows). I remember hearing this phrase early in my career and thinking, “how am I ever going to know people in the field I want to work in

Creating Goals that Stick To You

Have you ever set a goal for yourself and then decided you’d start working toward it tomorrow? Then tomorrow comes and you decide to start working on it the next tomorrow. And after a few days of missing your start date, you decide the best time to start is

Practice Speaking Up for Yourself

When I’ve offered too much support for something, I feel it in my stomach. It’s kind of like butterflies, if the butterflies were hung over and scrambling for a non-existent exit. Most of the time, thanks to these disoriented butterflies, I know immediately that I’m not actually

Uncover the 'Why' Before Diving In: React with Purpose Instead of Impulse

Starting a new project or job, while exciting, can be a roller coaster of emotions. Each time I’ve had to start something new in my career my sole focus was to show my team and my manager that I am the perfect person for this job. Because the worst

Stop Calling Me Green

When Renelly and I were working together in San Francisco at the start of our careers, we had a manager who would comment that we were “so green”. This wasn’t commentary on our environmentalism, it was a statement meant to reflect that we were so new to the work

Kicking Imposter Syndrome to the Curb

I remember the feeling of starting a new job. While it’s so exciting to get the offer that I worked hard for, the beginning is always overwhelming. Stepping into a new unfamiliar environment, trying to learn how to do the job, and meeting a constant stream of new people

The Most Important Project of Your Career

I knew one thing for certain when I started college, and that was that I had no idea what I actually wanted to do with my career. The omnipresent options in books and TV shows - becoming a doctor or a teacher or a lawyer or a firefighter - didn’

Lessons in Empowerment I've Learned

Bring to mind a moment when you felt really strong, really powerful. When you remember that moment, can you still feel it in your body? Does it feel like you’re lighter? Or heavier, more grounded? Are there other sensations you can recall? Where were you at that moment? At

How to Stop Procrastinating Soon - Kidding! Right Now

While I was at college I got an internship at a company based in France. While the company language was English, I felt SUPER awesome because I’d taken three years of French in high school. I thought I could use this opportunity to hone my speaking skills. But, I

Making Friends in the Workplace

You’re sitting at your desk, engrossed in your latest project when you sense someone standing next to your chair. You turn and can’t help but jolt out of your seat a little as you look up to see a friendly face smiling down at you. It’s someone

What the f$*% are optics?

Have you ever heard people at work ask, “what does that person even do?” That comment always makes me cringe because it’s a symptom of a few things. Either that person is not very good at showcasing their work OR they are not really being effective in their role.