I am a mediocre musician, but I used to be a dedicated one. I played classical viola from fourth grade through graduate school. After graduate school, I picked up Irish…
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The last month has been a bit of a whirlwind. At the beginning of December, I started a new job. Then, four days later, my company shut down and I…
Today is my last day as an independent contractor. On Monday, I start a new job, returning to life as a “regular employee.” There were many reasons for my decision…
I am not proud to admit it, but I recently had a meltdown over some rice. On the surface, that is as ridiculous as it sounds: I’d bought a bag…
I start every year by writing two lists of goals: one for my work and one for the rest of my life. I am a list maker, so it isn’t…
In my last post, I wrote about the first thing I do when I take on a new project as the project manager (or whatever that particular organization calls “the…
Last weekend, I cleaned “that shelf” in the hall closet. You know the one, we all have one: The overflowing shelf that is the catch-all for stuff that we need…
My third article for Chronicle Vitae went up last week. It is about how improving your personal productivity is both simple and hard. I’ve gotten a lot of nice responses to…
In case you missed it, my first Chronicle Vitae article came out last week. It is called Good Ideas Aren’t Enough, and is about the importance of learning how to…
At the risk of turning this blog into an odd sort of tumblr… I have two more articles I want to share with you. I promise to get back to…