As a kid I remember the library hosting reading challenges every summer. You’d fill out your list, win prizes, and hopefully not lose too much of your brain power over the school break. Working full time and being an adult…
July 4th Or 2nd…
Happy Independence Day! I try to always make sure I say “independence day” rather than “4th of July.” Why, you ask? It comes back to John Adams (as most of my historical opinions do). On July 2nd, 1776 the delegates…
Summer Bucket List
Hooray for the start of summer! Although there wasn’t much of a sweet spring to prepare us (“October is the new spring” – my observant friend), I’m ready to jump into the season. Although I’ve worked every summer since I…
What To Spend Your Downtime Consuming
There is so. much. content out there for us to consume. From never ending Pinterest feeds, to newsletters, to shows, we are constantly inundated with something to read or watch or listen to. Two years ago I wrote a post…
1 Year Post Graduation: What I’ve Learned
The end of last month marked one year since I graduated and this month is my one year anniversary of working at IBM. I sound like a broken record because I keep reiterating how unbelievably fast the time passed and…
Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously
The other day I was checking out a website for a comedy club (didn’t end up making it to the show, but that’s a story for another day…) and I was struck by the design of the site. There wasn’t…