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A Ghost in the Corporate Machine
I stared at the tiny little pill of salvation in my hand. My 70-hour-a-week job had me exceptionally stressed out to the point where it kept me up at night. I needed something other than a stiff...
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I Gave a Great Happy Ending
[Note: * indicates a name change] “…And we welcome you to the Friendly’s family!” Upbeat Piano Music faded as the Friendly’s logo proudly remained, its image flickering oh-so-slightly due to VHS...
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Email Hell: Welcome to My Nightmare
If there’s one thing that drives me batty in my professional life, it’s receiving an excessive number of bad emails. Life is short, my time is limited; please don’t make me sift through blank/vague...
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The Workday Scorecard
Once in a while, you can point to one event in your workday that makes it or breaks it – you totally kicked ass on a project? Awesome day! Someone kicked your ass on a project? Hello evening of cheap...
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Makin’ it Rain Plastic
“Do you want to save 15% today and sign up for our JC Penney card?” Little did I know at the time, my answer to this question would adversely change the year that lay ahead of me. “Sure.” I filled out...
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The Legend of Creepy Santa
Last year, property management for our building decided to decorate the lobby for Christmas. Typical of their design style, it was a mix of incompatible styles and concepts that ultimately looked like...
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Sorry Everyone, I Suck
Hi everyone, It’s been too long since I posted, so consider this an update of sorts. Since my last post, I’ve probably written 5 posts I didn’t feel were good enough to publish, so I’m just going to...
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The Fabulous Five Observations of the Week, Part 1
Soooo… I really need to write more often and get back on the horse. This week nothing huge happened worthy of its own post, so I’m going to fill you in on 5 micro-postings that happened this week and...
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Mental Health Parity: This is a Really, Really Good Thing
Image courtesy of antpkr / FreeDigitalPhotos.net There is a new regulation going into effect on the national level that is going to help millions upon millions of Americans: insurance companies will be...
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