If I’ve been missing the past few months, it’s because I’ve been busy making some much needed improvements on my life. For the past two years I’ve been struggling a lot in my professional life. My first “real” job was incredibly stressful, had me working 10 hour days, skipping lunch breaks, and making little in the way of… Continue reading Where I’ve Been and Where I’m Going
Last weekend I completed my very first DIY home improvement project. A couple of weeks ago, on garbage day, I found this cheap folding table and decided to take it home with me. Originally, it was a very gross dark brown laminate wood, so I headed to Home Depot on the first really nice day… Continue reading DIY Photo Friday
When you still live in your childhood (or teenagerhood) home everything is familiar. The routines, the responsibilities (or lack thereof), the people, and, yes, even the boredom is familiar. I could waste hours from my cozy spot on the couch watching nothing but Property Brothers and Rehab Addict reruns. I wouldn’t even bat an eyelash… Continue reading On the boredom of moving to a new city
First, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Second, I’m officially employed in the publishing industry! I’m now the Publicity Assistant at Basic Books. This has been a long time coming for me (one year and three months of job hunting) and I’m ecstatic. In 2012 I graduated with a Master’s degree in Publishing, and I’m so happy to… Continue reading Big news!
I’m a quitter. After ten days of participating in NaNoWriMo, I’ve officially quit. It’s not that I don’t want to write, or that I couldn’t, given more motivation, write 50,000 words in a month, it’s that I don’t want to write under such a time crunch. I’ve been discussing NaNoWriMo with a friend of mine,… Continue reading NaNoMoreWritingForMe
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