A few weeks ago when I was trying to figure out if I should take the new job I was looking at or not I mentioned that I was l going to keep my eyes peeled for a sign that would point me in the right direction.
I’m not really someone who actually looks for signs, [...]

Living simply & still having fun on the weekends can leave you with priorities that are hard to balance. Over the three years that Mister and I have been living together we’ve been able to get a good handle on how this balance works for us, but in some areas it’s hard to cut costs.
I’ll [...]

It doesn’t matter what kind of personality test I take, I’m always off the richter scale in one area: Self Determination. The results in this area usually reads something like this:
WOW. So you’re in the 96th percentile in the area of self determination! Your parents really heaped it on with affirming that everything you did [...]

It’s hard to be excited about a new opportunity until you tell the people who don’t want you to go that you’re leaving. Interviewing is exciting, like meeting someone new and all of the sudden you’re dating, talking, finding out everything about them. But of course it’s also like cheating and immediately after the excitement [...]
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Thanks for waiting over the weekend guys, here’s the news -
and also my submission for the 20SB February Blog Carnival!
Dear Work,
It’s not you, it’s me. I mean, of course you had something to do with it, but it’s mostly me.
You’ve been there for me this whole year, and I really appreciate it. You provided me [...]

It’s been a long week of job interviews, Mister being away on business, getting sick for a hilarious reason, and keeping secrets.
Want to know more? Why, thank you!
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A Secret For Now:
Mister is away on business, and whenever he leaves it always occurs to me to buy a pack of cigarettes. When I travel alone, I [...]

On Monday I was nervous. Beyond nervous. Words had started to come to me in slow motion and I was shaky. I was on my way to meet with the owner of the company. The owner. THE OWNER. I needed to turn it on, and fast. Mister picked me up and started the drive across [...]
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