I Went Back to School: How Committed Are You? **

Being in the middle of a class right now dictated what I wanted to write about today. I’m currently in the last class to complete an associate’s degree, and I’m struggling with what my friend jokingly told me was “senior-itis.” She’s not wrong. I’m just done, over it, and finished, but there’s one little problem.ContinueContinue reading “I Went Back to School: How Committed Are You? **”

Humiliations Galore! ***

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Despite the fact that they were spoken by Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride under entirely different circumstances, those two words sum up my career journey this year. Between no call backs for interviews and starting three new (part-time) jobs this year, I’m now a full-fledged newbieContinueContinue reading “Humiliations Galore! ***”

How Do I Unplug These Things? ***

“…I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you — especially when you are near to me, as now: it is as if I had string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous Channel, andContinueContinue reading “How Do I Unplug These Things? ***”

Gettin’ Ready to Leave This World ***

When I decided to leave my job, I did NOT take the decision lightly. I took a lot of time to think and pray about the whole process, and I geared myself up by consulting books that spoke to me on a personal level. After all, no two people can make this kind of decisionContinueContinue reading “Gettin’ Ready to Leave This World ***”