by Jenn | Jan 16, 2018 | Mindset, Small Business
I seem to be starting off the year on a major No kick. (See also: this previous post.) But I think there is so much value in learning to choose what we do with our time and energy. Let me tell you about my best no ever. About a year ago, I applied for an internship at...
by Jenn | Jan 2, 2018 | Mindset, Small Business
The problem with being moderately to extremely good at whatever I try (besides remaining humble about it, of course) is that I’ve always had difficulty determining what I actually need to spend my time and energy on. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned...
by Jenn | Dec 21, 2017 | Mindset, Small Business
I can only think of one time that the whole New Year’s resolution thing worked for me, and it wasn’t even New Year’s. At the beginning of the last summer before I graduated college, I made a list of a bunch of things I wanted to do. Most of them were...
by Jenn | Oct 24, 2017 | Mindset, Small Business
A little less than two years ago, I decided that I needed to start blogging about my pregnancy before our child went to college was born. About a year ago, I launched the grown-up version of the same blog, and (for some reason) people started giving me money to write...
by Jenn | Sep 12, 2017 | Mindset, Small Business
“I can’t imagine doing anything but teaching.” “Teaching is the only thing I know how to do.” “I want to use the degree I worked so hard and paid so much for.” “I’m going to be teaching FOREVER.” These are...
by Jenn | Aug 29, 2017 | Mindset, Small Business
Hey gang! I am taking this week off from blogging because my kid got sick after 3 days at daycare, and half of last week got shot to pieces productivity-wise. But I also think it’s important to share the spotlight and introduce my faithful readers (heh) to other...
by Jenn | Feb 20, 2017 | Mindset, Small Business
Featured image by Reuters. We watched the SpaceX launch this weekend, 1) because we are consummate nerds; and 2) Science Guy’s lab sent some transgenic seeds to the International Space Station via the Dragon spacecraft, so it was kind of like a little part of us...
