I think every adult in America knows the struggle. The soul-sucking, confidence draining, emotional roller coaster of a search that is interviewing for new jobs. After my last round of interviewing, I was so happy to be done with the circus of applying for new jobs. I thought, I found a really great employer with great benefits. I could see myself […]
What’s in a Job?
2019 has been an interesting year for me job-wise. I started the year at one company, left after 6 months for another company, and am now getting seriously recruited for yet another company after only 3 months! There are a few different factors in play I’m going to talk about. DC is a Different Beast Things don’t work around here […]
Dealing with the Guilt
If you’re a long time reader, or have read my financial background posts (one & two), you’ll remember I wasn’t born into the upper-middle class lifestyle. I grew up pretty poor. Medicaid, food stamps, government housing, free breakfast and lunches at school, and low-cost after-school care was my life for the first 6 years. Then my mom got married to […]
Rant and Rave 2: Freaking Food
Rant: Hi my name is Gwen and I have a problem with food. Not like the traditional problems of eating too much or too little, or even the problem of eating bad stuff. (Although I could probably stand to eat less sugar.) No, my problem is not making my own. I ate out WAY too much last week, and […]
Questions to Ask About a New Job
The job hunting process. Isn’t it just the most fun thing you’ve ever done? What could possibly be better then endlessly making cover letters and throwing your resume at a million potential employers? Oh gee, Gwen, I don’t know, actually having a job? [sidenote: results not guaranteed for the resume throwing process. Better results come from gently setting it on […]