Lately it seems I have more tasks than hours in which to even begin accomplishing them. While everyone must develop their own system for remaining organized and focused, I thought I’d share mine here. With a little practice, you may be able to end your day feeling just as productive as I do! Step #1:
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Awhile back, I wrote about my experience as a woman working in the Information Technology industry. The super-short version is that I haven’t faced much discrimination due to my gender but my career hasn’t been completely free of sexist remarks either. Over the weekend, I came across this article, “IT Jobs Offer Growth, but Women
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Love is a beautiful thing. Yes, I genuinely believe it can be transformational. Yes, I think everyone in the world is capable of love and is deserving of love (well, if I’m being completely honest, maybe not everyone). No, I don’t think that local, or national – for that matter, government spending should ever be
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The day was Saturday, June 12, 2010. As I’m sure you can imagine, Houston was as hot and humid as ever and I was awake before noon on a weekend – on purpose. There’s not much I choose to get up early for these days, but the anticipation of a day filled with ideas and
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been one of those individuals who works a lot harder than I play. It would take a mile long line of fingers and toes to count how many times I’ve been asked why I am so uptight and why I don’t just relax and go with
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June begins the third month of my Happiness Project. And what started with great concrete ideals has morphed into something very different. See, it’s hard to plan out a month at a time for an entire year because so few of us know what the universe is going to throw at us. June was scheduled
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In keeping with the theme of “Professional Women in a Man’s World”, I wanted to share an editorial piece I wrote a couple of months ago for a local indie newspaper. I was excited to see that this piece sparked some interesting debate among people and I’d love to hear your thoughts! Where All the
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I guess you could say that I’m in a transitional period in my life. I’m a single, 30-something woman who currently doesn’t have a “real” (and by real, I mean income-generating) 9-to-5 job. I’ve been searching for a long time to find the “thing” that sticks without much luck. In my epic quest (Well, epic
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This post is part of our April series on women working in traditionally male-dominated work environments. The Information Technology field usually attracts an odd crew. As one of the few women in most of my work environments (often the only woman), I tend to be a real outlier. When I chose IT as my college
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During the month of April, Girlyfight is going to highlight stories from women who work professionally either in a role surrounded by men or in a role usually held by a man. I’m sure many of us have at least experienced comments regarding this aspect of their jobs. As a webmaster and the only female
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