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October 26, 2015

Putting My Phone Far, Far Away

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Over the weekend, I read an interesting article from about a month ago: Stop Googling, Let’s Talk. The author, Sherry Turkle, had a lot of great points about how we use cell phones and how it’s changed our interactions. For example, apparently there is an etiquette “rule of three”: for any conversation with five or more people, you take turns looking at your phones so that there are always at least three people paying attention. The worst part is, I read that and thought, “what a great idea!” 🙁 The piece makes some really great points about how phones take away […]

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October 5, 2015

First Domino to Set Everything in Motion

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Foggy_Chatauqua_Road

The Discover program that I was orchestrating in LA last week ends with a really cool closing ceremony called “Momentum.” In it, we discuss the impact of selecting a first domino that will help you take that initial step toward whatever goal you are trying to implement. A first domino can, and should, be very small. For my goal of running a marathon in all 50 states, the first domino wasn’t even running my first marathon; it was driving my car around the neighborhood to find out from the odometer exactly how far one mile was. (I also timed my runs

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September 9, 2015

Update: My Energy Audit

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Discover_Orchestration_Day_1

I am having an amazing time at Terranea Resort, orchestrating my firm’s “Senior Associate Leadership Development Experience” (which we shorten to be called “Discover”). Yesterday was a really big day for me as orchestrator, as I had about half an hour of time on stage to tell the seniors my “who am I” story. Of course, it wasn’t quite as perfect as I would have liked it to be, but overall I was pretty happy with how it went! One of my biggest worries with orchestrating this program is that I’m going to come off as manufactured or fake in

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July 3, 2015

Getting it Together: One Week Till Thirty

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21st_Birthday

A week from today is my 30th birthday. WOW, that happened fast! About a month ago, I was really excited about my 30th birthday. I felt like I was incredibly on top of everything and that I was right where I should be for 30. I have a job I love, the beautiful house of my dreams, a boyfriend I’m crazy in love with, and a group of friends who are the best. I’ve been making a lot of progress toward making every day my perfect day, and I’ve been really happy with the results. Life is just great! But

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June 18, 2015

Blocking my Time with PTO

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Short and sweet post today, but I wanted to share what a successful day I had at work. I had originally requested today as a PTO day, so that I could spend time with a visiting houseguest. I blocked off my calendar, shifted all meetings to Wednesday and Friday, and started working my butt off to ensure that I could have all the loose ends tied up and be able to take the day off. I swear, sometimes it’s easier to just keep working instead of trying to take time off! (And it should be noted that I am a

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