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Lesson #12: Make goal-setting and reflection an integral part of your New Year

One year ago, I wrote about the concept of a New Year’s resolution and shared a few of my goals for 2014. As 2014 comes to an end, take a moment to reflect on the goals you set and recognize other noteworthy events of the year. Check off the goals you attained. If you set […]

Running Philly: My First Half Marathon

I set a number of goals to achieve in 2014. Running a half marathon was not one of them. In January, my focus was to complete my master’s degree program. In April, after Jonathan proposed, new priorities were planning a wedding and building a new life with my husband-to-be. It wasn’t until July when the […]

Lesson #11: You will experience hard times at work, but you will survive

Work isn’t always fun. Hence, why it’s called, “work” and not, “play.” I can guarantee that each year there will be a day when you’d rather be almost anywhere else other than your place of employment. Lesson #11: You will experience hard times at work, but you will survive. Can you relate to any of […]

Find Your Summer Solitude

As I bid farewell to summer, I reminisce about one of the only times I got to breathe the ocean air this season. In June, my fiancé’s family and I vacationed in Venice, Florida. We visited two beaches: Siesta Key Beach and Venice Beach. Siesta Key Beach has been ranked one of the most beautiful beaches in the United

Lesson #10: ROCK your personal brand

For the past few days, I’ve been wearing ROCKTAPE on my right calf. For those who are unfamiliar with ROCKTAPE, it’s a brand of adhesive tape that is used to treat athletic injuries. Some of my colleagues asked me what it was, why I needed it and if it worked. Their reactions reminded me of […]