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How To Orchestrate a Career Change
Why does everyone seem to think someone else’s job is cooler than theirs? Common sense tells us the grass isn’t actually greener on the other side, and yet, it’s normal to think your friends have it better. During my former gig as a concert promoter, I was constantly being asked to grab coffee, lunch, or […]
Is Our Definition of Overtime Absurdly Low?
For those of us who’ve earned salaries in creative fields, the thought of overtime pay is often looked at as a pipe dream. Although Federal Law requires workers to be paid time-and-a-half after 40 hours, workers classified in executive or professional roles are excluded if they earn more than $23,600 per year. Is this fair? […]
Losing My First Job Was The Best Thing To Ever Happen To My Finances
Unlike many of my slightly younger friends, I was lucky to have graduated from college a couple of years before The Great Recession. Despite being relatively inexperienced and living in a new city without a professional network, I was able to find a full-time job almost immediately after completing a summer internship in Nashville. I […]
Seeking Mindfulness at Work
When I shared with my sister that I was beginning a mindfulness and meditation class through work, I could practically hear an eye-roll groan through her text response of “…really?” In fairness, she works for a Bay Area based psychology book publishing company and has hear the word “mindfulness” tossed around in meetings more times […]
Cashville Skyline (Kate) Does FinCon14
I had forgotten how much of a sensory overload the French Quarter can be. Everything about New Orleans’ oldest neighborhood screams excess – colorful walls punctuated with ornately decorated ironwork balconies, orders of fluffy beignets with heaping piles of powdered sugar, the ability to drink in the streets, massive po’ boy sandwiches overflowing with fried […]
The Career Pivot: Taking a Step Back To Make a Leap Forward
Despite the unsteady job market, there are a variety of reasons why people decide they want to take the plunge into a career change. For me, the decision was simple – I was barreling down an unsustainable path with a burning desire to explore other opportunities. Many colleagues, friends, and family members were shocked to […]
Maintaining Your Network is More Important Than Saving Money
If you’ve been following my most recent monthly recaps, you’ve probably noticed a couple of trends: First, I never quite seem to accomplish the previous month’s wellness goals (I swear, August will be different!) Second, my food & drink budget has been astronomical the past few months. The reason? Networking. Once I knew that I […]
The No-Pay MBA: Is it Worth Pursuing?
Have you heard about Laurie Pickard? She’s a 32-year-old woman working in international rural development and living in Kigali, Rwanda with her husband, a foreign service officer with the US Agency for International Development, for the next few years. If you’re like me (and thousands of others), you learned about Laurie when an article titled […]
